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  • #20499
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    McDunkin

    1. A couple of years ago we posted an article about teams taking advantage of a bylaw allowing them to start their season early by playing overseas once every four years. Coming into this season Oregon had planned to go to Europe to get ready for this season, but after the firing of Ernie Kent and a rash of other departures the Ducks are considering cancelling their trip to Europe.

    2. For the past few years the NC ProAm has been one of the feature summer events for college players in particular incoming freshman with the best example being John Wall famously dunking on Jerry Stackhouse last summer. We’ve heard plenty of chatter coming out of the tournament this year about the performance of such notable incoming freshmen as Kyrie Irving and Harrison Barnes, but it was a pair of Duke players (Andre Dawkins and Ryan Kelly) that came away with the title as they scored 18 and 16 points respectively in the championship game. It probably didn’t hurt that they had a few chumps (Raymond Felton, Josh Powell, and tournament MVP Marcus Fisher) rounding out the starting line-up.

    3. Speaking of Blue Devils, Nolan Smith appears to have been stepping up this summer, showing a new explosiveness that we haven’t seen thus far in his college career (at least not to this degree). He poured in 41 points in a recent NC ProAm game, even drawing praise from former Tar Heel Jawad Williams. Our favorite part of the article is Jawad throwing “praise” at Mason Plumlee saying “Plumlee is very skilled for a guy with his height. He could be a Josh McRoberts-type player.” Uh, thanks. I’m sure every Duke fan just felt like throwing up.

    4. When Tom Izzo announced that Chris Allen would no longer be a part of the Michigan State basketball program, the first thought on many people’s mind was where he would end up. According to his mother “the phones have been blowin’ up” as she cites Notre Dame, UConn, Iowa State, Memphis, and South Florida as some of the many schools that have been actively courting her son. For their part, the UConn staff has denied making any such contact. So now the question is Ms. Allen trying to pull a Drew Rosenhaus on us or is UConn being less than honest about their recruiting again?

    5. Taylor King will play but not at Villanova

    Jeff Goodman reported today that former-Duke, current-Villanova forward Taylor King is transferring yet again, this time making his way from the cooker known as the East Coast to the balmier weather and lifestyle of Southern California. And when we say Southern California, we mean it literally. King will enroll at USC this fall and, after sitting out a second transfer season in 2010-11, he will be eligible to play his senior year in his home area, a little less than an hour’s drive from where he grew up in Huntington Beach. The 6’6 forward was a key contributor at Villanova last season, averaging 7/5 per game in bench duty, but he’s shown flashes of offensive skill with eight double-figure games in points and a solid three-point stroke (career: 37%).

    6. The UNC reclamation project began last night in Nassau, Bahamas, as Roy Williams’ team played its first of a two-game set in the Caribbean paradise. The early return on #1 recruit Harrison Barnes — 21/8 on 8-15 shooting in 29 minutes of action. He also fouled out of the game, so that’s something to watch in the coming months.

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  • #374277
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    CopShades
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    Should be a key contributor next year for the devils – seriously.

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    CopShades
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    Should be a key contributor next year for the devils – seriously.

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  • #374283
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    UGA should look to pull him in. He would possibly move into a starter role immediately in 2011-2012 with Travis Leslie likely to leave after this season, it’s close to home (Allen is from metro Atlanta), and he’d be a good fit in the modified triangle offense Mark Fox is running, as well as a good fit beside future Bulldog Kentavious Caldwell, a high-volume shooter and good transition player.

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    JNixon
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    UGA should look to pull him in. He would possibly move into a starter role immediately in 2011-2012 with Travis Leslie likely to leave after this season, it’s close to home (Allen is from metro Atlanta), and he’d be a good fit in the modified triangle offense Mark Fox is running, as well as a good fit beside future Bulldog Kentavious Caldwell, a high-volume shooter and good transition player.

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