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With the 2013 NBA Draft officially in the books, it’s time to take a look at one of the potential players in the running for the top overall selection next season, namely University of Kentucky recruit Julius Randle. He’s a 6’9, high scoring forward, hailing from Texas, that should be one of the superstars of [...]

Going back to the latter parts of the collegiate season and into March Madness, University of Kansas shooting guard Ben McLemore was regarded as the best shooting guard prospect for the 2013 NBA Draft. After showing some incredible athleticism and at times, lights out perimeter shooting during his redshirt freshman season in Lawrence, McLemore was [...]

For the 2nd time in 3 seasons, the Cleveland Cavaliers have secured the #1 overall pick in the upcoming 2013 NBA Draft.  Putting all of the conspiracy theories aside, that’s a pretty quick shot in the arm when it comes to not only recovering but rebuilding after Lebron James left Cleveland for South Beach a [...]

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What a difference one year makes, when last year about this time seemingly everyone, including all of us here at THD, were salivating over HS phenom Shabazz Muhammed. He was the nation’s top ranked high school player, by far the most prolific amateur scorer, and was projected by virtually every source as the unanimous #1 [...]

What do you do if you are University of Kentucky head coach John Calipari and just finished a disastrous 20-12 season,  ending in a 1st Round NIT loss to Robert Morris? This is uncharted territory for Calipari as he has made it to the NCAA Tournament 7 straight seasons with both Memphis and Kentucky and [...]

The day has finally arrived. For months (actually, years) now, we have been anticipating where Andrew Wiggins would decide to play his college ball. Widely regarded as the best high school basketball player since LeBron James, Wiggins has opted for Bill Self and Kansas. Many thought he would’ve chosen Kentucky, but they’re probably already too [...]

Even to the casual basketball fan, the college announcement of hoops wonder-child Andrew Wiggins has major implications going into next season. He was promoted as the next Lebron James as early as a 13 year old 8th grader in Canada back in 2009 and prior to playing even a minute of college basketball is already [...]

We knew it was coming.  In the wake of the Mike Rice firing at Rutgers for abusing his players, there has been some good to come out of the horrific incident, as it has given players at other schools the confidence to speak up when they feel violated or abused. Take the curious case of [...]