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The Morning Mix

- Make sure you read Myron Medcalf’s post about the lack of loyalty in college basketball

- Luke Winn continues to hand out his coaching awards, this time handing out post-season hardware

- Former-Syracuse star Derrick Coleman is in talks with Larry Brown about becoming an assistant coach at SMU. Illinois State head coach Tim Jankovich will join Brown’s staff in Dallas as the “coach in waiting”. Brown also plucked assistant coach Ulric Maligi from Houston, who has a bevy of AAU ties within the state

- Early bets out of Vegas have the Indiana Hoosiers as favorites to win the 2013 National Championship. NC-State, one of the sexy picks to be ranked in the preseason top-10, was way down the list with 50-1 odds

- A great-read on Dominique Ferguson’s situation at Florida International. It’s one thing to restrict players from transferring to certain schools. It’s another thing to block players from transferring because of grades. But to block a transfer just because? Now that’s just messed up

- New Rhode Island head coach Danny Hurley is stockpiling transfers before his first season even begins. Could he be the next Fred Hoiberg?

- A nice-read on Illinois-native Rayvonte Rice, who is transferring from Drake in order to play for the Illini

- Hawaii freshman Shaq Stokes is leaving school due to family reasons. The New York-native was the preseason pick for WAC Rookie of the Year.

- Murray State is struggling to find non-conference opponents. This tends to happen to high-profile mid-majors because BCS-conference schools don’t want to take the risk. But one school that might be willing to is in-state power, and reigning National Champion Kentucky

- Speaking of Kentucky, John Calipari will play a role in the Kentucky Derby festivities

- Oh, and KSR’s Matt Jones takes Gary Parrish to task over something he said about Anthony Davis and a rumor regarding illegal benefits

- Iona’s Scott Machado won the Haggerty Award for being the top player in the NYC-Metro area. Here are the rest of the Metro-area winners

- OK, the last Kentucky-related link. A music video of the mayhem that took place in Lexington following the National Championship win. This is just marvelous

- Tulsa has reached an agreement with Jordan Clarkson on where he can and cannot transfer to

- There aren’t many players left at UConn after all the exodus, but the ones still in Storrs want Jim Calhoun back on the sidelines next season

- The NCAA has agreed to give some schools an additional year to meet new academic standards tied to postseason eligibility.

- A few Georgetown Hoyas lead a “Hakuna Matata” flash mob in the cafeteria

Troy Machir is the managing editor of the college basketball website Ballin’ is a Habit. You can find him on twitter @TroyMachir.