Mid-week Repor(t)

Goodman's blog reports that Dave Odom got lucky this time, incomign freshman Mike Holmes qualified (remember Chad Gray?), and fiery Bruce Pearl gets extended thru 2013 with a total compensation package of $1.3 million per year. To put it in perspective a lot of people may never earn that much their whole life in income, before taxes/FICA/etc

Ole Roy gets a big man, after going 0 out of 3. More on this at Recruiting Wars. Also there a link to a story by Skwara on the coaches being split on early recruiting of 14 year olds and such.

Speaking of Roy Williams, he announced today that he is dealing with vertigo. Vertigo, the real thing, not vertigo from the success and high profile of the North Carolina job. I kid you not!

Gary Parrish has a reader's appreciation mailbag day

Dick Hoops Weiss says DeMarcus Nelson will be out six weeks with a broken hand. He also has updates on the upcoming Empire State games. Hoops also reports that grouchy giant Jeff Rouland, the 2-28 head coach of Iona last year, will get an NBDL gig

Every 2007 NCAA College Basketball Tournament game on DVD!