BEVERLY HILLS (MI) -- The Memorial Day three-day weekend beckons, so let’s toss some links on the grill and get cookin’:
-- Archie Miller is one of the “Five Best College Basketball Hires” according to Rick Bozich of
The Louisville Courier-Journal:
http://blogs.courier-journal.com/ric...ontent=Twitter
Hats off to
Tim Wabler: he snagged Archie without wasting a dime of UD’s money hiring a stupid search firm to consult him on how to do it.
Those who can, do; those who cannot, consult.
-- Speaking of
The Courier-Journal, recruiting blogger deluxe Jody Demling of
The C-J has this piece on BG recruiting target Tamron Manning:
http://blogs.courier-journal.com/jod...amron-manning/
Hafta wonder if Manning remains on Archie’s radar or not?
-- Speaking of former BG targets, Javontae Hawkins is transferring from Flint Powers to Huntington (WV) Prep for his senior year:
http://greatlakeshoops.com/2011/05/2...-flint-powers/
The same question can be asked about Hawkins.
-- One kid who is most definitely in the Archie Miller Recruiting Funnel is Pittsburgher Devon Wilson, who will be making an unofficial visit to Dayton sometime soon:
http://blogs.sites.post-gazette.com/...park-transfers
-- A nice piece from Syracuse.com on former Orangemen player and current UD Assistant Coach Allen Griffin:
http://blog.syracuse.com/orangebaske...medium=twitter
-- How about an Atlantic 10-CAA Challenge?
http://beyondthearc.nbcsports.com/20...t-a-10-vs-caa/
-- This interview with Lansing Eastern Coach Rod Watts kinda raises the question did LaDontae Henton not give Archie Miller the time of day or vice versa?
http://blog.northstarbball.com/2011/...ons-coach.aspx
-- According to ChicagoHoops.com, Brandon Spearman wants to “play with the ball in his hands” and will do it next year at Indian Hills CC:
http://chicagohoops.hoops247.com/ind...&catid=35:news
-- Would Loveland, OH native and IU transfer Bobby Capobianco be a good fit at UD?
http://www.insidethehall.com/2011/05...n-to-transfer/
-- John Stovall from ESPN.com with a write-up on a whole bunch of Ohio kids from the All-Ohio Super Sixteen Showcase:
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/recru...ory?id=6578606
-- Mike DeCourcy of
The Sporting News says (apparently with a straight face) that Ed DeChellis leaving PSU for Navy is
not a surprise:
http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-bas...vy-report-says
Why don’t you try telling that whopper to Billy and Juwan Staten, Mikey?
-- NBC Sports’ Beyondthe Arc.com and
The Wall Street Journal beg to differ with TSN Mike:
http://beyondthearc.nbcsports.com/20...coach-to-navy/
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...tTopCarousel_1
-- Timing is everything in the sports writing business: the great Joe Posnanski of
Sports Illustrated had a previously arranged interview with NBC Sports impresario Dick Ebersol on the day he resigned:
http://joeposnanski.blogspot.com/201...sol-story.html
The Wall Street Journal provides us with Ebersol’s parting thoughts:
http://blogs.wsj.com/dailyfix/2011/0...ting-thoughts/
The guy replacing Ebersol is a friend of mine from my Turner Broadcasting days, Mark Lazarus. Good luck filling some mighty big shoes, Laz.
-- One of the key ingredients for a college player to be successful in the NBA is the ability to be coached, according to Boston Celtics Assistant Coach Kevin Eastman:
http://www.nba.com/2011/news/feature...s=iref:nbahpt1
-- The ESPN book
Those Guys Have All The Fun sounds like it dishes a whole lot of insider dirt:
http://deadspin.com/5802940/new-bits...it-of-screwing
-- I’m generally not afraid of bugs at all, but I will make an exception for this big sucker:
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=8ea_1306071487
That’s it “From the Swamp.”
You can email me at:
swampy@udpride.com