And so it begins (the 2007-2008 season)

The Tuscon Citizen discusses Lute Olson's personal leave of absence. Story by Steve Rivera.

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Preview the new season without spending a penny or harming a tree! Where? At the Basketball Prospectus. Their latest post is part II of their Big 12 preview.

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Discover New Websites and Blogs

Interested in SEC Sports? Then check out the SEC Sports Fan website and accompanying blog. Their latest post is a ranking of the BCS conferences. The Pac-10 is ranked #5. Agree or disagree?

WAC fans, here is a new blog that jumped out of the gate strong, Parsing the WAC. Their latest post discusses the value of exhibition games.


Coaching Blogs

Are you a hardcore Xs and Os fan? Then check out the Coaching Better Ball blog.

Coaches helping coaches at the Men's Basketball Hoop scoop blog.

Playing the Right Way includes advice and tidbits for current and aspiring basketball players of all ages.

More coaching related advise and nuggets at by the Hoops Coach.


Posts from the "BlogPoll Top 25" Blogs

A Sea of Blue looks at Kentucky's region of the Coaches vs Cancer mini-tourney, and the performance of Mark Coury. As you may recall from his Texas A&M days, Billy Gillispie was not shy about putting a player in the rotation if he did all the right things, even if he wasn't a top tier talent. You may recall his Texas A&M team had Chris Walker as a starter even though there were much better talents on the bench.

Troubles, not with tribbles, but with basketball players at San Diego State at March to Madness.

The SEC Hoops TGTBTD blog has a recap of the exhibition season of SEC teams. For real this time :)

So much new stuff at Rush the Court it makes you want to rush the court already! Catch up with all their conference previews so far, and get a recap of the latest Big 10 losses to Division II teams. Also, will the MAC have a glorious year and retake its place as the most feared mid-high mid-major, a position perhaps currently occupied by the Valley of Darkness (MVC) and the Colonial.

Rush the Court makes another strong case on the silliness between ESPN and Comcast which means Comcast subscribers don't get access to ESPNU. Rush the Court also asks the common sense question: Why don't they put ESPNU games in the ESPN Full Court package? As you may recal ESPN Full Court lost the Big 10 games to the Big Ten Network, so they could have used a boost. If nothing else, put the ESPNU games in the Full Court package in regions without ESPNU!

Check the latest college hoops games on TV at the crazy NCAA Hoops Today blog. (Ooops! it's this blog!)

Early Bracketology at March Madness All Season. And some pre-season awards.

The Koolaid man makes an appearance, the Big 5 fan poll predictions are in, a Charles Okwandu (7-footer) update, and a day with hall of famer John Chaney at College Hoops Heaven.


More from the Blogosphere

Another injury, this time Kentucky's Ramon Harris, according to Wildcats Thunder. And a recap of what we learned so far, along with a quick introduction to the new players at UK, including walk-on "reality" competition winner Dusty Mills. Will he become the next 5'6" player basketball fans cheer for?

A round-up of news and happenings at Making the Dance.

Lots of "GoneZaga" updates at La Rev. "GoneZaga" is the March name for Gonzaga. Ouch :-)

Sympathy for the Devil as a pre-game intro song? I assume that's to remind the Dookies of their VCU experience? :)


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The Big Media Files

The DeCourcy Files

DeCourcy picks ten must see games on TV this season. With the looming tv writers strike, make that twenty :)

This one won't sit well in the Big East, but DeCourcy points out the simple reason why Big East only got six teams last year. And regardless of how many times Jim Boeheim appears on PTI and other ESPN shows whining, it won't change the fact that they didn't deserve it. And I agree :) Sorry to disappoint Syracuase fans, but the truth hurts. On the plus side, Johnnie Flynn looks like a great college point guard.

I also agree with DeCourcy on the scapegoating of assistant Rob Senderoff to cover up the mess by Kelvin "Are you in my Faves?" Sampson. They sender'ed off the wrong guy! (Sorry, I couldn't resist the bad pun!)

Decourcy gets some low major cred by talking UT Martin hoops.

He also takes a stab at ranking the Big East.

DeCourcy on missing practices. But it's just practice coach!

His signature Inside Dish column discusses Mike Hopkins and Syracuse, UCLA's Russell Westbrook, the new preseason NIT format, Oklahoma and Cincy.


The Goodman Files

Herb Sendek is chopping wood at Arizona State, while Marquette loses an incoming forward to injury

The Injury Repor(t) is long at USC, and OJ Mayo is not to blame for all of them ;-)

Goodman talks about the post-Orlando-Tragic Billy Donovan, a progress repor(t) on the UMass Pitinos, and some good news perhaps for a Texas freshman. Also Rice gets a player a year early, along with updates on Marshall, and Quinnipiac (is the school nickname "The Pollsters"?).

An update on San Diego State after the fires. SDSU lost Gotleib's brother as an assistant during the off-season after he decided to bolt for St Elsewhere. Two former former-ConferenceUSA transfers are looked up to deliver this season.

Xavier gets tougher with its scheduling, but worry not Musketeers, Greg Oden is gone :) Goodman also reports on OJ Mayo's first game at the Galen center. OJ Mayo mania? Also Arkansas head coach John Pelphrey was mixing it up, and Paul Hewitt jumped on the UAB bandwagon, a bandwagon I was on since last year, but don't count out on Mike Davis derailing it with his patented diva whinefests.

For all the details be sure to visit Goodman's blog.

Goodman also mentions a new book entitled "Destination Basketball". More details on that book as we find them.


The Dick Hoops Weiss Files

Dick Hoops Weiss scouts Gonzo and Seton Hall and tells us that good old Rollie Massimino gave Rutgers a run for its money. Go Rolllie!

Double ouch! Weiss reports on a Nevada bench player getting kicked off the team after being physically beaten up. Why?

Weiss also informs us that the magazine show "Inside the Big East" will have a feature on Syracuse head-coach-designate-maybe Mike Hopkins.

We also learn that Calipari scrimmaged against Majerus. Well their teams, not themselves :)

Weiss also talks about the Collegiate Hall of Fame inductees. Who were they? You have to read his post to find out!

Last but not least, a look at the Big East pre-season poll.

For all the details check Weiss's blog at NYDN.