[BothTeamsPlayedHardParticipant]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/seth_davis/07/27/vegas.coaches/index.html?eref=sihp
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“Up front, Self expects 6-8 junior forward Marcus Morris to be one of the best players in the country and said that his twin brother Markieff is the team’s X-factor.”

I’ll go a step farther, Marcus is going to be a lottery pick.
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“Calipari is once again bringing in the nation’s top recruiting class, but while UK returns four experienced guys in Darius Miller, DeAndre Liggins, Josh Harrelson and Jon Hood, they will not offer the strength or stability that Patrick Patterson did last season as a junior.”

Does anyone know what happened to Darnell Dodson? There were rumors of him trying to go pro, then transfer. I remember reading something about him not going to be academically eligible, but this was all in April.
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“The NCAA has not yet officially cleared Kanter to play, but Calipari told me he is not concerned.”

He slipped the NCAA clearance official a wad of $100 bills.
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“And keep an eye out for redshirt freshman David Stockton — yes, the son of that patron saint of Gonzaga basketball, John Stockton — to further bolster the Bulldogs’ perimeter.”

So we’ll have two Jordans at UCF, Shawn Kemp Jr at Auburn, Tim Hardaway Jr at Michigan, Glen Rise Jr at GT, Mychal Thompson’s kid at Wazzu, Lary Drew at UNC, Renaldo Wooldridge at Tennessee, another Dell child at Duke, Ralph Sampson III at Minnesota, Detlef’s kid at UCLA, and David Stockton at Gonzaga. How come nobody recruited Sabonis’ kid? Anyone else missing?
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“We probably will have the most experienced team since ’06 when we had Brandon Roy,” Romar said. “The main concern will be chemistry. Everybody has to accept the roles so we can find the right combination.”

Too bad this team doesn’t have Brandon Roy.

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Crean sounded especially excited about the addition of Guy Mare Michel, a 7-1 center from Martinique who transferred from North Idaho junior college. Mare Michel signed with Indiana shortly after Crean hired former Wyoming coach Steve McClain as his assistant. “I haven’t seen him much, but our players are really impressed with him,” Crean said. “He needs to get cut and more defined, but he’s 275 pounds and is just naturally strong. He’s really going to help us with our rebounding.”

I love how coaches lie. “I haven’t seen him play much, but he is going to help out on the glass if he gets in shape.”
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Two years ago, I spoke with Boeheim at a USA Basketball event, and he told me that he had a transfer from Iowa State named Wesley Johnson who was going to be a lottery pick. I had never heard of the kid, but I know who he is now. So when Boeheim says that his incoming 7-foot freshman center, the wonderfully named Fab Melo, will be “a strong contender for national rookie of the year,” you should pay attention.

Fine, but when Boeheim complains about how young his team is come January you have to listen to him.

[CelticJayhawkParticipant]

Royce Woolridge is a frosh at KU.

[KU PRIDE14Participant]

He is a good player, great shooter, pretty good driver, talked to him before for a while and he seems pretty cool, but we are still really deep at guard, expept him to either red shirt or get limited minutes he is still a little raw.

[stanford hoops]

I doubt cream is lying when he said he hasn’t seen him
much. He’s not allowed to be at the gym while they are working out and playing at the college right now. Same at Stanford where my nephew is. None of the coachs are allowed to be in the gym. And it’s so in the open they don’t even risk coming and end up getting sanctions

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