NCAA

June 1, 2011 – Allen Moll Although this year’s Kansas Jayhawks squad left the “Big Dance” a tad earlier than expected and will again be losing a number of key contributors to either the NBA Draft or graduation, coach Bill Self is already focused preparing for a successful 2011-2012 campaign. Gone are the Morris twins, [...]

May 31, 2011 – Allen Moll It seemed like a recipe for success just one season ago when the now deposed NC State head coach Sidney Lowe reeled in one of the top recruiting classes in the country. The trio of talented players led by PG Ryan Harrow, SF CJ Leslie, and SG Lorenzo Brown [...]

May 25, 2011 – Allen Moll This has to be a stressful time for Duke’s Kyle Singler. After all, he has played his last home game at historic Cameron Indoor Arena and has to be sweating it out, wondering exactly just where he will be selected in the upcoming 2011 NBA Draft, after his senior [...]

May 24, 2011 – Allen Moll Give them credit. Coach Jim Calhoun and the University of Connecticut staff have had to go through quite a few obstacles in winning the 2011 NCAA Championship. In addition to mowing down the competition during an unblemished NCAA post-season, including a nearly unheard of 5 wins-in-5 nights Big East [...]

May 20, 2011 – Allen Moll Every year there seems to be a handful of uber athletic high flyers from the high school ranks that play the game of basketball from above the rim. Long gone are the days of the slow footed back-to-the basket centers and prototypical textbook style jump-shooters that could barely jump [...]

May 18, 2011 – Allen Moll In what is becoming the norm in recent times, Louisiana State University is the latest to honor one of their legendary players on the hardwood by reportedly constructing a life-sized bronze statue of future NBA Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal. Surprisingly, until recently the current Celtics’ big man has [...]

The period of uncertainty is done. College underclassmen had until May 8 to decide whether or not to go back to school. Here's the final list of who's in the draft... [...]

May 11, 2011 – Allen Moll With a number of top tier players like Jared Sullinger, Perry Jones, and Harrison Barnes pledging to return to school for their sophomore seasons, the 2011 NBA Draft has decidedly gotten weaker. This year’s field may be one of the least potent in recent memory, going back to the [...]

May 10, 2011 – Allen Moll During this time of year NBA scouts are scouring over hours and hours of game footage in preparation on the upcoming 2011 NBA Draft. While most top prospects have at least one year of collegiate games to be further evaluated, finding footage potential Lottery selection Enes Kantner has been [...]

May 9, 2011 – Allen Moll Once the news hit late Saturday evening that potential NBA Lottery selection Terrence Jones has decided to return to the University of Kentucky for his sophomore campaign, I’ll admit that I selfishly grinned in anticipation of just how good next year’s Wildcats team will be. Despite getting bad news [...]