NEW ARTICLE: I Felt the Earth Move!

BEVERLY HILLS (MI) -- Nothing like a little 5.5 magnitude earthquake to shake things up here in the Midwest. Meanwhile, these links are quake-proof:

-- This article is a few weeks old, but it’s a nice profile of BG done by Nate Crossman of College Chalktalk:

http://collegechalktalk.com/atlantic...6.1.10crossman

-- Buried in BG’s Twitter page, I found a link to this 19 picture salute to recently graduated senior Marcus Johnson:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?ai...1&l=d9aa677010

and a 16 shot review of Kurt’s career:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?ai...1&l=779514d981

Nicely done.

-- I’m afraid that if the choice comes down to UD Arena or Indianapolis for the now-4 team schedule of NCAA Play-in-Games, Indy wins. OSU Athletic Director Gene Smith, the Chairman of the Basketball Committee tends to agree:

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content...h.html?sid=101

-- For all of you stat-heads out there (I’m looking at you, Figgie), here is the “Inside” analysis of the A-10 courtesy of Ray Floriani at College Chalktalk:

http://collegechalktalk.com/atlantic....22.10floriani

-- Here’s a Conference poll where I actually don’t mind the Atlantic 10 being considered a mid-major –- it ranks the ratio of per-athlete expenditures to spending per academic student:

http://rushthecourt.net/mag/wp-conte...ending-FBS.png

Seems the A-10 has their priorities straight when it comes to student athletes.

-- Jody Demling of the Louisville Courier-Journal gives BG and UD a mention in his blog:

“Several top teams in the area didn't compete in the Derek Smith Shootout this weekend, including Trinity. The Shamrocks went to Dayton, Ohio, and finished 6-0 in the Brian Gregory University of Dayton Team Camp.”

-- ESPN College Hoops analyst Mark Adams hasn’t had a new entry on his “Enthusiadams” blog for 4 months now, so I emailed “The Hometown Coach” to see what’s new in his world. That was a week ago and I’m still waiting for Mark’s response. Hopefully he is enjoying his summer off from life on the road.

-- When BG’s name was being bandied about as a possible replacement if Tom Izzo had left MSU, some folks wondered why Tom Crean wasn’t the front-runner. According to the Indy Star it would be really helpful if Crean was first able to recruit Indiana kids to play at IU:

http://www.indystar.com/article/2010...n-state-talent

-- The last of a dying breed -- a New York magazine feature on old-school HS hoops scout Tom Konchalski:

http://nymag.com/news/sports/66474/

-- The Sporting News graces us with their mock-up of what will happen in tonight’s NBA draft:

http://www.sportingnews.com/blog/The...y_or_elsewhere

How’d they do?

-- I’m sorry TSN Mike, but if I’m Joe Dumars or some other NBA GM who is standing on shaky ground, UK problem child Demarcus Cousins (and his 16% body fat) is the last guy I want to pick for my team:

http://www.sportingnews.com/college-...will-regret-it

Life is too short to put up with this kid’s nonsense. Character means something, even in the NBA.

-- Our free 6 month subscription to SiriusXM in our 2010 Mercury Milan just ran out last week. That means my wife and I both drive vehicles that are equipped with satellite radio, but don’t receive it. Guess I’m just a terrestrial radio guy at heart having spent 2 decades selling radio spots. Then again, I sold advertising for Sirius, too. Maybe I’m just cheap, huh?

One thing is for sure, tho: Mel Karmazin is including our two cars in his subscriber count when he’s selling ads for SiriusXM.

-- Speaking of “Sirius” Alan Parsons (the guy who gave the Chicago Bulls their intro music of the same name) has a new instrumental single out called “Alpha Centauri” that would make a fine introductory tune for the Flyers next season:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v-v-...m=PL&index=194

Somebody really needs to tell AP to go easy on the eye makeup -- he looks slightly demented in that picture, no?

-- My favorite bad movie of all time, Ed Wood’s B&W stinker “Plan 9 from Outer Space” starring the corpse of Bela Lugosi will soon be available in full-color and 3-D goodness:

http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/06/17/plan-nine-3-d/

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