Weekend update (OJ Mayo Mania officially began!)

The OJ Mayo Mania officially began as USC defeated a team in Mexico as part of their Labor Day international trip. Their two touted incoming freshmen, OJ Mayo and Devon Jefferson scored 29 points each. Jefferson is not a freshman-freshman, he spent two years after HS (and his all-star game appearance) in post-graduate schools. USC Trojan fans could be pleasantly surprised if the duo is able to deliver such performance on a nightly basis. And Tim Floyd will need to recruit someone to replace Jefferson in 2008-2009. But hey, it was just one exhibition game! Let's not get too carried away!

2007 NCAA College Basketball Tournament games on DVD!

Recruiting talk at Recruiting Wars

Ole Roy going to the New Hall (of Fame) at CBS Sportsline. The ceremony will be carried on ESPN Classic and NBA-TV. Repeats on NBA-Tv, and a one-hour edit will be broadcast later on on ESPN2.

Apparently Calipari's players took the Attack aspect of the AASAA offense outside the court as they were involved in Beale street drama (fight). With Derrick Rose and high preseason rankings, the spotlight is shining on Memphis and when the spotlight is shining, the microscope also turns on! Gary Parrish reminds us of UAB's recent bar troubles as well. New definition of the AASAA offense: Attack, Arrest, Shout, Attack, Arrest.

Dick Hoops Weiss has an update on Robert Mitchell's transfer from Duquense to Seton Hall. Gonzo was unable to get Shaheen Halloway back as an assistant but he got this transfer in. And he gets a solid player for the scout squad for the upcoming season.

The Big 12 is signed, sealed and delivered to ESPN until 2016. No indepdendant Big 12 TV network but a rebranded co-ESPN syndication (or something like that). Big 12 hoops fans will be thrilled to find out that they are guaranteed three Big 12 games on ESPN or ESPN2 every week.

Speaking of which, the Big Ten Network made its debut on August 30, 2007. Their TV schedule for the next two weeks is here

Not enough college hoops news yet? Well go over to CSTV's News Archives with dozens of stories per week. Dozens for real! Go and check it out! But be warned, their website is dancing with multimedia, almost as bad as ESPN's. Editorial Note: Why do all these clueless people with a web design program at their disposal think they can waste everyone's badnwidth and cpu cycles with an obnoxiously MySpace-like amount of multimedia and bloatware?

Do you have unanswered or difficult college hoops questions? Don't ask me! Ask Andrew Skwara of Rivals

And some sad news about Jameer Nelson's dad


2007-2008 Preview Quick Hitters

CHN's Top 144 previews continue with Duquesne and Miami of Florida

The Rivals Top 64 previews continue with Vandy and Xavier

A Sea of Blue profiles Joe Crawford of Kentucky

Rivals profiles David Lighty of Ohio State. With Oden and Conley in the NBA$, the other touted recruits will get a chance to shine.