BEVERLY HILLS (MI) -- Lotsa chatter on the UD Pride MB as to whether Charles Cooke and/or Kendall Pollard will be dressed and available for the big St. Joe’s road tilt in Philly tonight. It still remains to be seen, but “The Voice of the Flyers”
Larry Hansgen tweeted a picture of Charles at the Flyers’ shoot-around, which is most reassuring. Larry won’t be posting a shot of Kendall doing so, as KP hasn’t been practicing since his knee started acting up.
In a not dissimilar vein,
SJU Head Coach Phil Martelli recently told ESPN’s Andy Katz that he believes his Hawk squad is “the best team in the A-10”:
http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=14696416
In both cases seeing is, indeed, believing.
Elsewhere in Flyer Hoopsland:
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Rush the Court says SJU is solidifying its position as an NCAA Tournament team:
http://rushthecourt.net/2016/02/11/s...urnament-team/
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Pickin’ Splinters details how The Scoochinator continues to produce for Dayton:
http://www.pickinsplinters.com/2016/...ce-for-dayton/
-- David Jablonski of
The DDN not only writes about UD games and takes pictures of them, but now he is shooting videos! Here are his highlights from the George Mason win:
http://link.brightcove.com/services/...=4753715045001
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Scout.com released its Top 300 high school prospects in the Class of 2017 and several have UD’s old logo on their list of schools they are considering, including #34 Jordan Tucker of White Plains, NY:
http://www.scout.com/college/basketb...ball-prospects
-- The
Dukes’ Micah Mason’s performance vs. the Flyers gets a mention in Ken Pomeroy’s week in review blog post:
http://kenpom.com/blog/index.php/web...eview_2_5_2_11
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Rush the Court checks in on the Atlantic 10:
http://rushthecourt.net/2016/02/10/c...source=twitter
-- Toledo native Nigel Hayes of Wisconsin brings up a very valid complaint: the radical differences between basketballs used in the college game, particularly with the less-than-ideal Under Armour rock:
http://www.cbssports.com/collegebask...-inconsistency
-- Kami Matiolli of
The Sporting News went thru the mock NCAA Selection Committee exercise that
Chris Rieman's proxy did last year and came away with 5 Selection Sunday myths on the process:
http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-bas...lection-sunday
-- Nice to see good guy Nate Oats doing well in his first season as Head Coach at Buffalo:
http://buckyandsully.buffalonews.com...-out-of-bulls/
-- Bill Simmons’ new website will be called “The Ringer”:
http://money.cnn.com/2016/02/17/medi...d=hp-stack-dom
That’s it “From the Swamp.”
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