Midnight Madness Highlights
Billy Donovan, the Prankster, messed up the Trophy hand-off causing the fake trophy to break into a thousand pieces on the ground. A Friday the 13th joke, but perhaps a sign of how Florida's season will end: Shuttered Title Dreams! (Roy Williams will cut down the nets again is my prediction)
Tubby Smith revealed during the Big Blue Madness broadcast that he is working hard at recruiting. Obviously, since he only has 11 players on the roster and just one commitment for 2007. By the way, keep an eye out for both Derrick Jasper and Perry Stevenson. These guys were flying under the radar of this super loaded 2006 class but Tubby may have the last laugh because these two guys will probably stick around for 2-3 years. Perry Stevenson will remind Kentucy fans of Ty Price, while Derrick Jasper should take over the PG spot from trigger-happy Ramel Bradley. But what do I know? :-)
CSTV's main coverage was at the Phog with Bill Self showing restrained optimism for the season and avoiding to make any bold predictions. Would a third-in-a-row NCAA exit put Bill Self on the hot seat?
The Jay Bilas preseason Top 5 featured on SportsCenter included Arizona, North Carolina, Florid, LSU and Kansas (in random order as I forgot the actual order).
I do not have access to ESPNU (add it already silly Comcast!), so I can't comment on their coverage
Season Previews!
The absolutely free online season previews continue to grow. March Madness All Season has an in-depth and growing season preview. They have both conference by conference as well as a general season overview, including top players, top teams, top 50 freshmen, impact transfers, top non-BCS teams, and a whole lot more: An index of all their coverage can be found at their index page at CHN
The 144-day previews continue at CHN with Marquette, Illinois (I can hear Bruce Webber crying a ...Gordonian river), Hofstra, Oklahoma State (without daddy-Sutton), Tenneeesssseee, Kentucky (look out for Jasper and Steveson!), UConn (wild wild card), Virgina (over-rated imho) and Xavier.
News
Three games is what Big Brother punished Derrick Caracter for his "violations"
Sad news for Duke fans: Greg Paulus suffered a broken foot in practice and I bet Coach K would love to use one of his assistants as his new starting point guard. More on this at YocoHoops and on ESPN-News, among many other places
Latest recruiting news, including the latest on Eric Gordon at http://recruitingwars.blogspot.com/
Latest from Gary Parrish: Speculation on what Nike will do next during the summer evaluation period, some thoughts on the effects of injuries, and SMU suffering through the coaching disaster that goes by the name of Matt Doherty.
Latest stories from InsideHoops: LSU gets a 7'2" 300+ center from The Patterson School (class of 2008), weight problems at USC and troubled twin Lodrick Stewart (thank you Mike Bibby, sincenerely USC Fans), Calhoun stayed quiet for 10-minutes for practice, the John Wooden Post Office in SoCal, Coach K of Puke promoting yet another book, midnight madness recap, Eric Gordon and Indiana, Derrick Caracter update, JJ Hickson, a Cincinatti player is under investigation for rape (don't blame Huggins for this one), and a whole lot more. InsideHoops is a great website to bookmark right now!. It covers the beat from various local and regional websites! Great job!
Latest from Andy Katz: Wichita State, Eric Gordon and Indiana/Illinois, the death of a Toledo player, Hawaii and Riley (the coach), and UMass bar fights.
more coming soon!!!
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