BEVERLY HILLS (MI) -- The term “Think globally; act locally” does not apply merely to politics, as that renowned statesman from the great State of Ohio Archie Miller and his staff can attest:
-- Buckeye Prep Report states that Archie & Company have picked up where BG & Crew left off in the recruitment of Dayton Dunbar’s Deontae “Teddy” Hawkins:
http://buckeyeprep.blogspot.com/2011...-up-after.html
-- Even better from a local perspective, Doug Harris tells us in the
DDN that UD is not sleeping on Teddy’s new Dunbar and current AAU teammate Andre Yates, like the rest of the college basketball coaching world did (save Cleveland State) on Dunbar alum Norris Cole:
http://www.daytondailynews.com/dayto...s-1213495.html
The kid really sounds like he wants to be a Flyer, doesn’t he?
-- Speaking of Archie, how do you defend a 7’5” dude? His Flyer teams will have the next four years to figure that out:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/17/sp...star.html?_r=3
-- The big fella just got a pretty good shooting playmate, too:
http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-bas...mits-to-xavier
-- It ain’t all good news at the school down south, as this Tweet from Shannon Russell who covers X at
The Cincy Enquirer can attest:
“Freshman power forward Jalen Reynolds is not enrolled at Xavier at this time and is no longer on the team roster.”
Reynolds is headed to a post-grad prep school year at Brewster Prep, according to
The Observer Eccentric:
http://www.hometownlife.com/article/...ORTS/110723001
-- Will somebody
please vote for BG, so he gets at least one tally in this RushtheCourt.com poll that asks the question:
“Which New Coach Will Have Best 1st ACC Season?”
http://rushthecourt.net/category/2011-summer-updates/
Author Matt Patton is kinda harsh when he talks about UD’s former mentor:
“Gregory’s biggest disadvantage is his ugly, grind-it-out style of play that will eventually make it difficult to attract top recruits and could possibly alienate the entire GT fanbase.”
Why don’t you tell us how you really feel about BG’s offense, Matt?
-- New Mexico Head Coach Steve Alford has banned his entire Lobos team from using Twitter:
http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2011...-from-twitter/
-- A much more sensible approach seems to be the one currently in use by most of the UD players, as demonstrated by senior Chris Johnson:
http://twitter.com/#!/johnsonflyer4
“Only confirmed followers have access to @johnsonflyer4's Tweets and complete profile. You need to send a request before you can start following this account.”
End of problem!
-- The July recruiting period is up for debate, according to
The Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports...nSI_story.html
-- Slick Rick and the Louisville Cardinals backed out of the 2012 Maui Invitational Tournament and have opted to attend the 2012 Atlantis in the Bahamas Tournament instead:
http://www.cardchronicle.com/2011/7/...i-invitational
The Flyers will be in Lahaina for the 2013 event.
-- Gotta agree with Bob Ryan from
The Boston Globe when he made this observation on naming rights:
“There is no bigger waste of money in Western society than naming rights for a sports edifice. No one has ever patronized a bank, bought an insurance policy, booked an airline ticket, or, in Providence, purchased a donut because a company had its name on an arena or stadium. It’s lighting matches to $100,000 bills.”
-- “The Sweet Tweet of the Week” comes to us from ESPN.com recruiting guru Dave Telep who has some words of advice for HS hoopsters about the July evaluation period:
“If you think you have an offer from a school and the staff doesn't call you this week, you don't have an offer anymore or never did.”
That’s it “From the Swamp.”
You can email me at:
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