BEVERLY HILLS (MI) The leaves are changing colors; the days are getting shorter and college basketball beckons.
From the Swamp always looks forward to this transition of the seasons, as it means there will be no shortage of hoops-related content to share with you.
The 2022-23 Dayton Flyers Men's Basketball Team:
https://twitter.com/DaytonMBB/status...Cp9eOdytgrAAAA
2021-2022 DaRon Holmes II Prospect Edit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqvtZgZ4UiI
Over the last 15 seasons only 7 players have had 80 or more dunks in their freshman season.
12 Andre Drummond
12 Anthony Davis
17 Bam Adebayo
18 Marvin Bagley III
18 DeAndre Ayton
19 Obi Toppin
22 DaRon Holmes II
https://twitter.com/dannyjohnson_23/...C85Y-ZhL8rAAAA
15 players who will become stars during the 2022-23 season:
https://collegehoopstoday.com/index....022-23-season/
20 under-the-radar freshmen for the 2022-23 season:
https://collegehoopstoday.com/index....022-23-season/
Dayton Flyers - Mongolian Fans Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/MongoliaLOWD/
@mongolshark throwing down some dunks in the gym! Should be an entertaining season this year!
https://twitter.com/keegan_gupta/sta...Cw4avytL0rAAAA
CBS Sports recently ran its annual Candid Coaches survey where they ask (anonymously) questions about a variety of subjects impacting the game.
How do you feel about the state of college basketball in 2022?
https://www.cbssports.com/college-ba...tball-in-2022/
More than one year in, is NIL helping or hurting college athletics?
https://www.cbssports.com/college-ba...ege-athletics/
How many teams should be playing NCAA Division I basketball?
https://www.cbssports.com/college-ba...-i-basketball/
Should the NCAA Tournament stay as is with automatic bids, or go to an all at-large format?
https://www.cbssports.com/college-ba...-large-format/
Should college basketball keep the 30-second shot clock or change to 24 like the NBA and FIBA?
https://www.cbssports.com/college-ba...-nba-and-fiba/
The following is 3 ½ minutes of former Flyer Chris Johnson (#4) attempting to cover 6 11 consensus 2023 NBA #1 draft pick Victor Wembanyama:
https://twitter.com/Sam_Vecenie/stat...79838920740864
RIP Flyer great Chris Harris. I called on Chris when I worked at WVUD. He never bought any ads from me, as he was fiercely loyal to WHIO, but it was fun to talk hoops with him. Here is a piece Arch did for the
DDN when Chris was inducted into the UD Hall of Fame:
https://www.daytondailynews.com/spor...qUvTpMoptoNEI/
First it was Don Novello as Fr. Guido Sarducci on
Saturday Night Live. Now UD is repped on
SNL by new cast member Molly Kearney:
https://twitter.com/nbcsnl/status/1570487979399057408
One of the all time great Twitter follows is comedian George Wallace. Some of his recent thoughts:
I keep reading articles that say so and so "died unexpectedly". Who on this Earth doesn't expect to die? That sh*t is happening. You can expect it. Cat's outta the bag and whatnot.
The Securities and Exchange Commission is blocking the launch of my cryptocurrency, Whatnotcoin. I appreciate privacy during this difficult time.
Someone did not respect my privacy during a difficult time. I appreciate privacy during this difficult time while I reflect on what they did during the previous difficult time.
Shout out to the top 5 courses in the world, main, but of, par for the, obstacle, and inter.
Bernard Shaw of CNN recently passed away. In 1991 one billion people worldwide watched as he, John Holliman and Peter Arnett covered the outbreak of the Gulf War as the bombs flew in Baghdad:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opini...ne/ar-AA11FqlY
One of these is not like the others:
Conan OBrien remembers Norm Macdonald one year after the comics death:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-...rce=reddit.com
Thats it From the Swamp.
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