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A side-effect of the increase of the 3-point distance? Rotnei Clarke, a player Gary Parrish calls "little white shooter" has been climbing up the charts in the class of 2008. He already committed to Oral Roberts, but an ... oral commitment is not binding (sorry, but I can't resist silly puns). Rotnei says he is going to let G*d make the choice for him...

No Spin Zone writer Mike De Courcy discusses Roy Williams and recruiting

The 144 previews of CHN continue with Yale, Valpo and Sam Houston State

In the Return of the Big Blue Part II: Body and Bones, A Sea of Blue examines the 2006 recruiting class, which I call a foundation type class. You don't have the super star but they are all solid players. Especially Derrick Jasper has only scratched the surface so far. If you are participating in fantasy sports stock markets, buy Jasper stock and thank me later :)

30 resumes received by Ball State according to Dick Hoops Weiss including three former head coaches and an Indiana shooter.

A player by player analysis of the Pan Am roster by Goodman! Duke-slayer Eric Maynor of VCU was the biggest surprise. More on the Duke slayer at CAA Hoops Also Wojo of Rivals via Yahoo Sports breaks down some of the PanAm players

Goodman informs us that the U19 is rolling, rolling, rolling, offers an inside look at Fairfield (props for extended mid-major coverage) and also the Morris twins won't reopen their recruiting after looking the Tiger in the eye. As discussed before, they will spend a year in prep school before joining the team/college in 2008-2009. And they keep getting taller. As you my recall the core of Calipari's team comes from a legendary Laurinburg Prep team.

Also linked by Goodman, this friendly-looking gentleman was running high school basketball tournaments.

On the positive side of things, Hoops Coach talks about the winning edge. Also on the positive side of things, a number of good news in sports.

But there are more troubles: Maryland space-eater Lonny Baxter was shipping guns through FedEx (oh my!), while Iowa State guard Mike Taylor has been kicked off the team

The Rivals on Yahoo Sports discusses who should take the big shot. Mentioned are Chris Lofton and Drew Neitzel

More recruiting topics at Recruiting Wars

Every 2007 NCAA College Basketball Tournament game on DVD!


Thanks for the links!

Thanks for the link here to Cracked Sidewalks, a Marquette basketball blog

Thanks for the link here to The Cats Domain, a Kentucky basketball message board and website.