– This take from Pat Forde on conference expansion is just brilliant
– Have you ever heard of the COIA? Me neither. But apparently they aren’t too fond of John Calipari’s scheduling tactics
– Rush The Court provides a pretty cool read on what home court advantage meant to each team in the SEC
– Reeves Nelson is suing Sports Illustrated because they published an article in which he was portrayed as a maniacal, borderline psychotic “jerk”. Newsflash: It’s the truth. Drew Gordon, who was also depicted in the article, is handling this issue much more adult-like
– So it looks like the Big East Tournament will expand to 18 teams. An eighteen team tournament is roughly a fourth of the size of the NCAA Tournament. No thank you
– Mike Huguenin takes a look at the JuCo transfer that will provide instant impacts at their new schools next year
– Myron Metcalf previews the nation’s best shot-blockers. Is Nerlens Noel No.1? Not if Jeff Withey has anything to say about it
– The Mountain-West might be labeled a “mid-major” but it’s full of high-major talent that transferred out of power-6 conference schools
– New Kansas State assistant Chester Frazier wanted to start his new job ASAP. Unfortunately, ASAP meant leaving his German basketball team in the middle of their playoff run
– I certainly didn’t get a free iPad when I was a student athlete. Then again, I didn’t go to THE Ohio State University
– Thomas Robinson is a phenomenal player, but he’s just not going to be the No.1 pick this year
– More on the possible formation of the SEC Network
– Danny Manning and Tulsa picked up a key transfer in the form of Northeastern forward Kauri Black
– A solid list of the ten best sleeper recruits in the last decade of Pac-12 hoops
– Cincinnati will start a home-and-home series with New Mexico. I like this. Not many are going to want to venture into The Pit when the Lobos are in the top-25, which they will be next year
– Idaho wanted to join the Sun Belt Conference, but unfortunately the Sun Belt just didn’t feel the same way. But they did have feelings for UT-Arlington, which will officially join the conference today
– New Jersey high school freshman Karl Towns will be a member of the Dominican National basketball team. No, not the U-19 or U-17 team, the actual national team. The D.R. has yet to qualify for the 2012 Olympics, but this is still kinda wild