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October 19, 2011 – Allen Moll Current Minnesota coach Tubby Smith is hands-down one of the best coaches in America. Although he’s coming off of a subpar 17-14 season in Minnesota, and missing the postseason for the first time in 16 seasons, Smith personifies class and has been well liked at every coaching stop in [...]

THD learned first hand from Big East coaches, at the Jimmy V Classic Dinner, what they think of the recent changes... [...]

October 18, 2011 – Allen Moll It’s certainly an unusual circumstance to see a reigning NCAA National Champion return the following season with a more talented roster than the previous season. But that is precisely the case of the 2011 University of Connecticut Huskies as they bring back virtually everyone besides NBA Lottery pick Kemba [...]

October 17, 2011 – Allen Moll If you haven’t yet heard of Baylor’s newest point guard Pierre Jackson, everyone will definitely take notice of the rather diminutive play-making floor general after winning the dunk contest at the Baylor’s Moonlight Madness. Jackson was a great find for coach Scott Drew who scooped the #1 rated PG [...]

October 13, 2011 – Allen Moll With the University of Connecticut currently short on scholarships because of some prior recruiting violations and failing to meet the NCAA’s Academic Performance Rating, [...]

October 10, 2011 – Allen Moll The University of Texas Longhorns have had the luxury of having some of the most talented point guards in all of college basketball at their disposal over the past 15 years. First it was National POY TJ Ford in ‘02-’03, to DJ Augustin(‘07-’08) who fed the rock to Kevin [...]

September 27, 2011 – Allen Moll Not too many coaches in the college ranks can recruit as well as Ohio State Buckeye head man Thad Matta. He annually reels in one of the Top 10 recruiting classes in the country and has seen many of his players move on to the professional ranks like most [...]

September 21, 2011 – Allen Moll Getting a commit from consensus Top 5 rated recruit Kyle Anderson, a player that Bruin fans hope is the 2nd coming of NBA Hall of Fame PG Magic Johnson, has to feel good for UCLA Bruins head coach Ben Howland. After all, while it doesn’t seem that long, the [...]

September 20, 2011 – Allen Moll It seems that Coach Boeheim and staff just has a way of getting commitments from some of the nation’s best big men. From Rony Seikaly, to Derrick Coleman, and more recently Fab Melo and Rakeem Christmas, the Syracuse Orange have always had the services of a dominating big man. [...]

September 19, 2011 – Allen Moll With the NBA Lockout potentially lasting all season long, surely college basketball will get a big boost in viewership.  That’s a good thing since with a number of the nation’s top underclassmen choosing to return to their respective teams rather than declare for the NBA Draft, competition for the [...]