Weekend update

CHN previews continue with GW, Oklahoma (Capel), Turnaround Tom Houston, SDSU (no Marcus Slaughter), Umass and DePaul.

Gary Parrish updates his blog with a write-up on volleyball and Chase Budinger of Arizona

Stanley Ansumnu (a senior with Tennessee basketball last year) is making the transition (back) to football for this season. He is a member of the TN football team as he has one year of eligibility left that he can use for football. (featured on the SEC TV weekly show)

Bad news for Georgia Tech Morrow is out 6-8 weeks

Andy Katz blogs about Bob Knight's new stream of talent and the situation at Dusquene

Frank Burlison comes up with his player of the year predictions and candidates. You won't be surprised by his choice for player of the year :-) He provides ten candidates to choose from including Oden providing he plays at some point. A bit of a surprise is the inclusion of Aaron Gray. While he may be able to post numbers and help his team, he hasn't shown signs of being a player of the year caliber player consistently. But he is a senior now, so only time will tell...

Dave Telep updates his recruiting buzz at FoxSports with a story on Jai Lucas. If the name sounds familiar, it's because he is the brother of the Oklahoma State PG and son of the former NBA great. At 5-9 he is considered a Top 50 prospect. He has four teams he is mostly considering. Read all about it at Foxsports.com. Mike Sullivan covers the rumor of a Rice HS sophomore commiting to Rick Pitino and stories on a couple of east coast recruits. Greg Hicks has three updates from the West Coast.

InsideHoops continues its coverage of the Dusquene tragic shootings.

CSTV has updates on Dusquene, troubles at Arkansas State and Jackson State, new assistant at Kentucky, an opening date is set for Herb Sendek's first game at ASU, Washington gets 10+ national TV games (even without B-Roy or Nate Robinson) with LSU and Pitt being their high profile OOC TV games. Other stories covered: Jim Harrick's lawsuit update, more schedules announced, and tidbits from teams all over the country

TV wise, there is a wisconsin HS basketball all star game scheduled to broadcast on Fox College Sports tomorrow. I have no clue if it is a rerun or a new broadcast. I am assuming there will be some Division 1 signees or prospects, but I don't have any further details.

Skwara of Rivals looks at LSU and old-new PG Tack Minor, chimes in on Crean's new contract, and looks forward to two games that include four of the top six recruiting classes (Ohio State at North Carolina, and Texas at Tennessee).

Mike DeCourcy dishes the latest on non-BCS players who got game and are planning to showcase it during the upcoming season. Who are they? Almond of Rice, Brown of CSF, and Schilb of Loy-Ill. For a quick intro, read Mike's post :-)