BEVERLY HILLS (MI) — Any day now, we will wake up and the college basketball season will be upon us. Until that time, we’ve got this:

— Bits & pieces from UD Team workouts:

Stance Class: https://twitter.com/hashtag/StanceClass?src=hash

Team workout video: http://www.magisto.com/album/video/PCt5BVNRRwAvPjIGDmEwCXx5

— Great article from The Baltimore Sun on recent 2015 commit, PG John Crosby of New Hampton (NH) Prep:

http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/high-school/varsity-letters/bal-poly-grad-john-crosby-talks-about-his-commitment-to-dayton-20140922,0,587101.story

— Not the news we (or he, for that matter) wanted but freshman center Steve McElvene has to sit out this season as a partial qualifier:

http://boxscorenews.com/dayton-flyers-steve-mcelvene-to-sit-out-basketball-season-p102126-68.htm

On the upside, Steve can practice with the team this year.

— Is it too soon to be talking about a 2018 UD recruiting prospect? Let’s face it — the kid hasn’t even played a single game of HS ball as of yet, right? When his name is Dane Goodwin, he is already being courted by Duke and OSU and is the son of former Flyer great and current Capital University Head Coach Damon Goodwin, no, it’s never too soon. Here are two reports on Dane (some scrolling will be required):

http://www.jjhuddle.com/2014/06/11/ohioans-shine-in-nashville-at-crossroads-elite-underclass-event-who-impressed-who-improved-their-stock/

http://www.landgrantholyland.com/2014/9/8/6118041/ohio-state-recruiting-state-secrets-virginia-tech-weekend-recap

— Archie is ranked #26 amongst the Top 50 college basketball coaches by ESPN:

http://www.atlantic10.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=31600&ATCLID=209524021

Here’s one reason why: Archie running the “Circle Scoring Drill”:

http://basketball.coachesdirectory.com/article/ball-handling–circle-scoring-drill–archie-miller–univ-of-dayton-video.html

— How does this work? UD was recruiting 2014 SG Jay Henderson out of Florida. He ended up committing to St. John’s…as a walk-on:

http://verbalcommits.com/players/jay-henderson

— News from around the Atlantic 10:

GW: http://collegechalktalk.com/2014/09/07/gws-carm-maciariello-recess-for-the-soul/

Duquesne: http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/11489447/duquesne-derrick-colter-quietly-fights-back-cancer

VCU: http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-basketball/story/2014-09-09/vcu-basketball-seal-training-virginia-commonwealth-university-shaka-smart

Davidson: http://espn.go.com/espn/dickvitale/story/_/id/11512594/davidson-faces-challenge-moving-atlantic-10

— Q&A with stat geek Ken Pomeroy:

http://www.sportando.com/en/usa/ncaa/133952/q-e-a-with-ken-pomeroy.html

— Omar Ndiaye is one heckuva basketball player:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_IXB_opZiU

— How Coach K motivated Team USA:

http://online.wsj.com/articles/how-coach-k-motivates-usa-basketball-1410474885

— NBA star Jeremy Lin scares the beejeezus out of folks at Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNBIVUeMrvU

— Welcome to the NBA’s other training camp:

http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/09/11/nba-rookie-camp-celtics-bulls-76ers/?module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3Ar

— This is how the game of baseball should be played:

http://www.gammonsdaily.com/peter-gammons-pedroia-gives-red-sox-his-all-on-and-off-the-field/

— How did Shawshank Redemption become one of the most beloved movies of all time? Two words: Ted Turner

http://www.vanityfair.com/vf-hollywood/2014/09/shawshank-redemption-anniversary-story

— Jay Bilas has an important safety tip in the week’s “Sweet Tweet of the Week”:

https://twitter.com/JayBilas/status/511569902235549696/photo/1

That’s it “From the Swamp.”
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