Midweek update

ESPN Classic holds basketball colleges in high esteem as its latest "Who's #1" featuring the best coaches included a large number of basketball coaches, including John Wooden (#1), Coach Cry-Dookie at #10, Dean Smith #11, along with the General and Pat Summit. Also included were Phillip (Jackson), Red (Celtics) and Pat Riley. Larry Brown just missed the cut. Some of the other "Who's number one" series on ESPN Classic also feature college basketball related topics.

CHN continues its previews with DePaul (watch out for this team!), UMass (Pitino disciple at the helm) and Utah State.

Whos's buying lunch tomorrow? Tom Crean of Marquette and Steve Alford of Iowa. They both got contract extensions!

Gary Parrish thinks again: Tom Crean got extended at Marquette through 2016-17 (ten years from now). He allegedly made 1.65 million total last year. Mike Cook get his own write-up, the tough former East Carolina guard is a perfect fit for the Pitt system.

The Guardians Classic (the Coaches being the Guardians, although some may argue against that), will be headlined by Puke, Stanford (on collision course in the semifinals), Texas Tech and Marquette. Four regionals of four teams each, the four winners meet in a final four setting in Kansas City, MO on Nov 20/21. But apparently "Guardians Classic" was not a fun name, because it has been renamed to the CBE (College Basketball Experience). And no, Jimmy Hendrix won't be performing. It may look like Bob Knight can pick up two at home cupcake wins in his quest to surpass Dean Smith, but don't them in yet: His 2nd round opporents will probably be the Akron Zips, with LeBron's HS teammates all grown up!

Sportsline has a story on Arizona freshman Chase Budinger eating jello and pudding

InsideHoops has extensive coverage of the Dusquene story, along with stories on Romar, Indiana planning to upgrade their facilities, Gonzo discussing his teams horrible conditioning (ouch for Orr), and a lot more.

Andy Katz's Insider blog has an update on Dusquene, including the Kojo Mensah -vs- Siena scholarship situation.

Meanwhile CSTV Daily News is loaded with schedule updates from UCLA, Xavier, Butler, Loyola(MD), . Other stories: BCE field, Dusquene, Duke LaCrosse, coaching extensions, Earth Wind and Fire playing at Virginia's Midnight Madness at their new shiny arena and a lot more.