Daily Grind - Friday

The 144 previews at CHN continue with Penn and UAB (Hi Mike Davis!). Thanks to CHN for this great idea of the 144 days of previews :-)

CBS SportsLine has a story on the Wisconsin team as they get read for what they hope is gonna be a special season given all the talent and experience. This was written in anticipation of the Badgers international trip to Italy for a roman holiday :)

In his semi-free blog, Andy Katz sings the praises of Winthrop's Craig Bradshaw who scored 20+ for New Zealand in their last preparation game before the FIBA world championships which you can catch on ESPN2, NBATV, FSN and FoxCollegeSports.

In recent updates to his quasi-free blog, Andy Katz makes a case for UMass being the new A-10 favorite, talks about possible changes to recruiting, Tony Barbee and the assistants. You have to be an ESPN Insider to get the whole story, otherwise you just get the teaser :)

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But if you really want more than just the high-level headlines, then you must visit CSTV's Daily News. There you will find how the foreign trips (tours) are coming along for Pepperdine, Umass, the Big Ten touring teams, and Loyola Illinois. Also stories on possible violations at Notre Dame, more announcements of basketball schedules, and Coach Wooden gets his own post office (!).

Meanwhile the braintrust at ESPN has unveiled their complete Summer Sizzling Top 50. Don't like their choices? You can vote on it! I will have a write-up later this week dissecting the ESPN Sizzling Top 50.

You can follow the Louisville Cardinals Canadian Tour live via the Louisville are radio stations. Complete with pre-game and post-game shows. Also included in the story is an audio soundbyte with Rick Pitino.

CSTV previews five great rematches for the 2006-2007 season. Good read, written by Bryan Armen Graham. The five rematches in 2006-07: Kentucky at North Carolina, Memphis at Tennesse, Washington at Gonzaga, Georgetown at Duke (Beat Duke please!), and UConn at LSU (but without the Tyrus Thomas show). He also mentions about some games being earmarked for CSTV's Retrovision. Not sure if this was just a phrase or CSTV will rebroadcast them as we get closer to the new season. Remember that now as an integral part of CBS Sports they have full access to everything from CBS.