The Beat Goes On

BEVERLY HILLS (MI) -- The annual college coaching carousel seems to have finally slowed to a stop for 2013. However, the mass exodus of college hoops transfers rolls on unabated.

The latest transfer list compiled by Jeff Goodman of CBS Sports includes almost 425 Division 1 players who are changing schools.

425!

Linky craziness:

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebask...-first-edition

What can be done to stop the insanity?

How about guaranteed, multi-year scholarships? Wouldn’t that help to stem the transfer tide? Well, you might not know it but guaranteed, multi-year schollies are available -- it’s just that very few colleges are offering them:

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/...rships-688205/

Elsewhere there is this:

-- What a guy! DMO went home to Kalamazoo to take his sister to her senior prom:

http://instagram.com/p/ZeABReJ96m/#

-- The New England Recruiting Report is the latest to proclaim Dayshon “Scoochie” Smith (who is already attending summer school at UD) a “steal”:

http://www.newenglandrecruitingrepor...s-Released.php

-- New video of Class of 2015 UD recruiting target Kyle Ahrens of Versailles (OH) HS:

http://www.3rdcoasthoops.com/video/detail/198

-- Hard to believe that this kid is in the 7th grade -- his name is Marvin Bagley and he can hoop:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYR8Q...ature=youtu.be

-- Superb profile of Flyer great Don May, courtesy of Hardwood History:

http://hardwoodhistory.wordpress.com...03/16/don-may/

-- TSN Mike says that Davidson’s move to the Atlantic 10 is a good thing:

http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-bas...onference-ncaa

-- Villa 7 is a program that helps Assistants get their first gig as a Head Coach and Athletic Directors to identify potential candidates. Shaka Smart and Anthony Grant are both graduates:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/12/sp...ncaabasketball

Villa 7 is the brainchild of Minnesota Associate AD Mike Ellis and Archie Miller was also among the past participants:

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebask...m-to-minnesota

-- So, according to this study Ohioans swear more than any other Americans:

http://blog.marchex.com/2013/05/15/m...ans-the-least/

In that light, here are nine things you Buckeyes did not know about swearing:

http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/04/10/...?iid=obnetwork

-- Where is Sports Illustrated headed? Good question.

http://www.shermanreport.com/qa-with...gazine-si-com/

-- To absolutely no one’s surprise, Red Panda was voted the NBA’s best halftime attraction (with video goodness of all top 10 acts):

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/47703532/

-- If you are a baseball fan, prepare to get totally lost in Diamond Mines, an archive of scouting reports of future, current and past MLB players:

http://scouts.baseballhall.org/

-- Joe DiMaggio might have been more famous, but little brother Dominic was a helluva baseball player and a great guy in his own right:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/12/sp...f=sports&_r=2&

-- With the NHL Playoffs in full swing, it is time to savor and enjoy the play-by-play announcing mastery of Doc Emerick. He is simply the best:

http://www.nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/51916667

-- A lengthy piece on the backstory of one of my all-time “wait I’m gonna stop flipping channels and watch this” movies -- Goodfellas… getting made the Scorcese way:

http://www.gq.com/entertainment/movi...corsese-deniro

That’s it “From the Swamp.”
You can email me at: swampy@udpride.com