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The Secondary Break: Thursday’s Links

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Duke deliveries by Santa (Duke Blue Planet)
Many college basketball fans across the country received presents that featured their favorite teams/players. Duke’s official blog compiled some of the things Blue Devil fans found under their trees on Christmas Day.

Chris Collins embraces challenge of leading Northwestern to NCAAs (USA Today)
Bill Carmody was relieved of his duties in the spring, with his inability to lead Northwestern to the NCAA tournament for the first time in school history being one of the main reasons why. In his place is former Duke assistant Chris Collins, who has embraced the challenge in front of him.

No looking back: A new life and a new-ish game suit Chier Ajou just fine (Inside Northwestern)
One of the players on Collins’ squad is big man Chier Ajou, whose trek to Northwestern is an incredible one. Ajou’s a native of South Sudan, a land that has dealt with a violent power struggle for years. And after playing in just seven games last season, Ajou’s working to become a player who can earn consistent minutes in the new system.

Foreign-born players becoming more commonplace in college basketball (Louisville Courier-Journal)
Ajou was one of 333 foreign-born college basketball players last season, and a player who joined him in those ranks this season is Louisville’s Mangok Mathiang. Mathiang’s also a native of South Sudan, and his trek from the war-torn nation to Louisville began at the age of five.

From Philly to Texas: Aaric Murray now an NBA prospect again (CSN Philly)
Texas Southern forward Aaric Murray’s taken quite the road to the Houston-based school, spending time at both La Salle and West Virginia in his first four seasons (playing three) of college basketball. Now under the tutelage of John Lucas, Murray’s blossomed into the player he was able to only show flashes of in each of his two prior stops.

The commonality of the 40-point scorer in college basketball (CBS Sports)
With scoring in college basketball up from a team standpoint, college basketball has seen a rise in the number of individuals who have scored 40 points or more in a game this season. And the four-game slate on Christmas Day didn’t yield a 40-point scorer, ending a streak of five straight days in which a player reaching that mark.

Marcus Posley has no regrets over college change (Rockford Register Star)
After making the MAC All-Freshman team at Ball State last season, Marcus Posley made the decision to transfer to Indian Hills JC. It’s a decision that Posley doesn’t regret at all, and it’s one that has benefitted Indian Hills as well.

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