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October 18, 2010 – Allen Moll In a stroke of bad luck, Purdue’s senior leader Robbie Hummel has sustained another ACL tear to his surgically repaired right knee, forcing him to miss his entire senior year with the Boilermakers. The news comes on only the first day of official practice, with the Boilermakers predicted as [...]

October 11, 2010 – Kevin Burke A few months ago, The Hoop Doctors brought news to you surrounding some hot water that the University of Connecticut men’s basketball program is in regarding eight alleged NCAA recruiting violations. Then came news that the university sent a formal response to the NCAA addressing said allegations. Now, there [...]

October 11, 2010 – Allen Moll Oh how a few months have changed things. As recently as August, University of Memphis’ highly touted freshman recruit Will Barton was sitting on the sidelines, after the NCAA Clearinghouse ruled him academically ineligible for the upcoming season. Now that he is newly cleared to participate in team activities, [...]

October 8, 2010 – Allen Moll Canadian born Kris Joseph is poised to be one of the stand-out stars for not only coach Boeheim’s Syracuse Orange basketball team but in the entire Big East Conference. He should take over most of theteam’s  scoring duties for last year’s leading scorer Wes Johnson, who is gone from [...]

October 7, 2010 – Allen Moll The Kentucky Wildcats’ biggest incoming recruit, literally and figuratively, for this upcoming season is Turkish superstar Enes Kantner. Standing at 6’11 inches, and weighing more than 270 pounds, Kantner is an imposing figure as the heir apparent to DeMarcus Cousins as starting center in Lexington for the 2010-2011 season. With [...]

October 6, 2010 – Allen Moll While all of us were giggling when former Wake Forest stand-out Al Farouq-Aminu walked up the stage during the 2010 NBA Draft to meet NBA Commissioner David Stern wearing those ridiculous Steve Erkel glasses, Aminu is laughing all the way to the bank, since he reportedly has signed an [...]

October 4, 2010 – Allen Moll Now that the Summer off-season for college basketball is just about over and freshman recruits are arriving on campus, it’s about that time to start to get into NCAA basketball. Just like every year, the 2010-2011 season is filled with more questions than answers. Will the return of Kyle [...]

September 30, 2010 – Kevin Burke In case you couldn’t tell, we here at The Hoop Doctors love all things basketball. But it’s also good to see when people go on to further heights when their playing days are over. NBA great, Hall of Famer and former US Presidential candidate, Senator Bill Bradley, fits this [...]

September 30, 2010 – Allen Moll While the usual game-plan for top tier nationally ranked high school hoops recruits is to chose a college destination prior to their senior seasons in high school, this year is different, with a number of Top 100 ranked recruits taking their time in committing to a school. The usual [...]

September 29, 2010 – The Hoop Doctors Tyreke Evans, the NBA’s reigning ‘Rookie of the Year’ and star point guard for the Sacramento Kings, took some time away from his training to chat with The Hoop Doctors Kevin Burke at an EA Sports event in NYC this past weekend. We didn’t get a lot of [...]