Counting The Days

BEVERLY HILLS (MI) -- I think all of the Flyer Faithful are counting the days until the much-anticipated 2019-2020 hoops season kicks off. Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports says we are down to 103 days and counting until the college basketball season officially begins.

The TBT provided a welcome way to mark time until November -- middle of the summer hoops featuring some of our favorite former Flyers. What was there not to like, right?

The interesting twist to the TBT games was the “Elam Ending” developed by Mensa member and UD season ticket holder Nick Elam:

https://www.daytondailynews.com/spor...PRp9oyPPDHAaM/

Which produced the ultimate “Elam Ending” a walk-off, Sports Center Top 10 plays of the day dunk from D-Mo:

https://www.espn.com/video/clip/_/id/27228412

Elsewhere in college hoopdom:

-- University of Dayton’s Men’s Basketball is ranked #18 on the list of the most valuable college hoops programs:

https://twitter.com/rushthecourt/sta...05665924259841

-- Chris Wright and his former Trotwood Madison teammate, pro boxer Chris Pearson have announced an enormous new sports and education complex in their tornado ravaged hometown:

https://www.daytondailynews.com/spor...L3dVKk59Hn7AO/

Earlier in the year, CW and his brothers presented his mom, the one and only Ernestine Grigsby, with this:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BuKIsm6h...=19qhossvon4n1

-- 'Lunch is for cowards': Inside the grind of a day recruiting at the Peach Jam alongside a mid-major coach:

https://www.cbssports.com/college-ba...d-major-coach/

-- Why Many Top Hoops Recruits Won’t Be at the NCAA’s New Showcases:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/23/s...academies.html

-- Meet the one college basketball player who has zero presence on social media:

https://watchstadium.com/news/stanfo...rn-02-28-2019/

-- Remember the name Emoni Bates, the rising sophomore phenom from nearby Ypsilanti Lincoln HS here in Michigan:

https://collegebasketball.nbcsports....preps-to-pros/

-- “How Barnstorming College Stars Took Basketball to the Next Level in Europe”:

https://www.si.com/college-basketbal...tional-players

-- Now that he is retiring, it’s time to take a look back at “How Bob Ley Became ESPN’s Most Important Broadcaster”:

https://www.theringer.com/2018/7/26/...nald-trump-nfl

-- Speaking of flashbacks, Bill Simmons harkens back to his ESPN days to chronicle the depreciation of sports memories:

http://www.espn.com/espn/page2/story...simmons/070605

-- Q&A with The Stadium college hoops insider Jeff Goodman:

https://sportsbybrooks.com/shooting-...-jeff-goodman/

-- The Golden State Warriors have erected an honorary urinal for former GSW player and current broadcaster Tom Tolbert in their new arena:

https://www.sportressofblogitude.com...a-tom-tolbert/

I know the area where the Chase Center is being built well, as The Younger Swampette and her family lived literally across the street from the site in the Mission Bay area of SF.

-- Jay Bilas goes 94 feet with UD Arena’s favorite halftime entertainer, Red Panda:

https://twitter.com/JayBilas/status/1098046194864017408

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