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  • Duke landed top prep shooting guard John Scheyer yesterday. Scheyer was named first-team all-state in Illinois this year after leading his team to the state title as a junior. The really interesting side to this story is that Scheyer was heavily recruited by in-state power Illinois. Scheyer’s high school coach? A certain Dave Weber, brother…

  • When Julius Hodge graduated from NC State this past Saturday, he was just fulfilling a contractual obligation. Back before he began at State, his mother made him sign a document stating that he would graduate. And then she had the contract notarized. Now that’s a great woman. I wish more moms (and dads) of players…

  • Chasing Chris

    I’ve been a bit lax in my blog reading lately. My bad. I just now caught up with Chris Chase’s site and found two fantastic posts. The first is about our country’s near catastrophic loss of the great Tony Danza. The second one is a hilarious review of Shavlik Randolph’s curious decision. Chris is bringing…

  • Shav Stuff

    When Shavlik Randolph declared himself eligible for the NBA draft, everyone was shocked. Some even speculated as to why he would do such a thing. Since then, a single theory has gained the most credibility, largely because it came from the

  • Uche!

    I don’t claim to be a college basketball recruiting junkie. I follow it, but not so close that I know all the players, their stats and favorite colors. I find the whole process a little creepy. That said, I do know Uche Echefu. Hard to forget a name like that. For a long time, I…

  • Man, I didn’t see this one coming. Duke’s

  • Meow

    Elton Brown was one of the most unpopular basketball players in Virginia history. His whole career was an example of uninspired, selfish, lazy play. Brown has a lot of talent, at least on the offensive end, but could never seem to lay off the Ding Dongs enough to get in good shape. He’d get his…

  • Slate has a very funny article up matching current NBA players to pickup hoops archetypes. Reggie Miller? He’s the guy who calls too may fouls. Sean Marion? He’s the guy with the funny shot that always goes in. It’s great stuff. I was trying to think of which NBA player was the fat guy who…

  • I don’t like Tony Danza. In fact, I really don’t like Tony Danza. He was fine as a simple-minded meathead on Taxi, but when he tried playing a good-hearted Renaissance man housekeeper on Who’s The Boss? Well, he made my skin crawl. That show literally made me angry (and of course, some college buddies loved…

  • Bang! Cartoons has a great take on Kellen “Soldier” Winslow’s unfortunate mishap. Very funny stuff.