Since we’re now almost a month into summer leagues I wanted to catch up with some of the action. The New York Post’s Joseph Staszewski caught up with former St. John’s guard Dwight Hardy and former Tennessee big man Brian Williams at Hoops in the Sun last week. Neither was drafted, but both sound optimistic about continuing their careers overseas, especially considering the NBA lockout. Also, the Jersey Shore Basketball League features a ton of players from Seton Hall and Rutgers and Josh Newman has been killing it from there. His latest is about the Hall’s Fuquan Edwin’s 30 points in a losing effort.
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The New York state college basketball tournament
The Deseret News picked up the possibility of a “Utah state tournament” Monday that would include four of the Division I basketball schools in the Beehive State. (Please note though there are actually six – Utah Valley and Southern Utah were left out in the cold.) Ballin’ is a Habit and The Dagger jumped on this idea, because, well, it’s a good one. It got me thinking: New York has 22 NCAA Division I schools. What would a tournament look like? Glad you asked. The bracket is after the jump.
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Player similarities: Mickey McConnell
Mickey McConnell came up as one of the top comparisons to Charles Jenkins when I looked at the Hofstra guard. McConnell also won the West Coast Conference Player of the Year award and was an Honorable Mention All-American last season after putting up some great tempo-free statistics and being the leader of a Saint Mary’s squad that finished 25-9 and was one of the best teams left out of the NCAA Tournament. Does that make him an NBA draft prospect?
Player similarities: Horizon League trio
Two Horizon League players are considered legitimate draft candidates this season – Cleveland State’s Norris Cole and Butler’s Shelvin Mack. Both are probably looking at second round selections. As my next step in the similarity score world I’m going to take a look at their closest comparables. Also, just for fun I threw in Mack’s former teammate Matt Howard. Their comparables are all after the jump. (By the way, one thing I’ve learned, Charles Jenkins is one unique player. The scores are much lower for these three players.)
Beyond the Arc’s Blogger Spotlight
I was featured in this week’s blogger spotlight at Beyond the Arc. A big thanks to Mike Miller for having me on. Enjoy the long holiday weekend and next week I’ll be back with a look at the CAA through Value Added as well as some stuff about recruiting as the classes are officially finalized.
Analysis of coaching movement
I found this analysis from Halcyon Hoops about coaching movement to be pretty insightful. The big takeaway for me? The fact that experienced head coaches move further away than newbies for mid-major jobs. Your next head coach is more likely to come from your backyard than you think.
Value Added from Cracked Sidewalks
I’m going to write more about this post from Marquette blog Cracked Sidewalks later in the week. But the most interesting thing I took from it is that are the returning New York area players that it claims could contribute to a BCS team next season. The full list is after the jump. Much more coming up.
Sad news from Gus Johnson and CBS
It appears that the NCAA Tournament is going to lose one of it’s official stalwarts as Gus Johnson and CBS have been unable to come to a deal. That means no more of “Rise and Fire” or any of the other magical moments we’ve had since he started calling tournament games for CBS in 1996.
This is taking things a little too far
Because Rivals.com and other sites provide video of non-scholastic competitions that aren’t open to the public the NCAA has declared that they’re illegal and thus an NCAA institution using them is a secondary violation. This is both hilarious and crazy. You can find out more here, here and here.
Doesn’t the NCAA have something better to do?
Why now?
I’m sure if you just showed up here you’re asking, “Why now?” It sure does seem like an odd time to start a college basketball blog. I mean, almost every school this site intends to cover has already finished playing basketball this season. Some have been done for almost a month. So yeah, why now?
Well, for one, the college basketball offseason is full of its own stories. There is the coaching carousel, recruiting and just the normal going ons of college students on or off campus for the summer. Continue reading “Why now?”
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