BEVERLY HILLS (MI) — In less than 4 days the college basketball season begins, at least as far as the Flyer Faithful are concerned. Soon all of the “what ifs” will be replaced by the “here is what happeneds” as it concerns Flyer hoops.

My favorite ‘what if’ of this pre-season was the “What if the Flyers lose to Findlay?” thread on the UD Pride MB. Boy, talk about worrying about something that:

a) hadn’t occurred yet and
b) doesn’t mean a ****ed thing anyway

Life is too short! Watch more Flyer Basketball!

On to the links:

— One of the things to look for from Archie’s squad this year is the “Pack Line Defense” espoused by Archie’s brother Sean at U of A. Here are the basics:

http://www.coachesclipboard.net/BasketballPackLineDefense.html

A tip of the “FTS” cap to MonsterRick over at the FlyerHoops.net MB for the find.

— Rush the Court provides the title to this edition of “FTS” – “Everybody into the Pool”:

http://rushthecourt.net/2011/11/07/everybody-into-the-pool-celebrating-the-return-of-college-basketball/

— Paul Williams is the #17 returning scorer in college hoops who hails from Michigan, according to Inside Prep Hoops:

http://www.ipsbasketball.com/top_mi_college_scorers

— ESPN.com provides a “Uni Watch” rundown, listing the changes in college basketball garb. I guess the subtle changes to the Flyers’ jerseys escaped their notice:

http://espn.go.com/espn/page2/story/_/id/7207653/uni-watch-college-basketball-preview-warns-gray-days-ahead

— Northstar Basketball ranks Flyer recruit Jevon Thomas’ Quality Education Academy team as the #53 HS team in the land:

http://blog.northstarbball.com/2011/11/07/national-preseason-high-school-top-100–part-two-51-75.aspx

— Former UD Assistant Coach Jon Borovich continues his blog for College Chalk Talk from his new outpost at Northern Illinois:

http://collegechalktalk.com/coachesDiary/northern_illinois/2011-12/11.8.11borovich

— Everybody took notice of the changes the NCAA recently enacted in regards to recruiting. Few people realized that they also tightened up the academic standards for the NCAA Clearinghouse, but Buckeye Prep Report did:

http://buckeyeprep.blogspot.com/2011/11/ncaa-enacts-higher-academic-standards.html

— Everybody has their own opinion as to who the “50 greatest players in college basketball history” might be. Chuck Klosterman of Grantland is the latest to provide his:

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/7185970/view/full/the-50-greatest-college-basketball-players-all-time

— Speaking of lists, how about “The 100 Twitter accounts that every sports fan must follow” from Athlon:

http://www.athlonsports.com/overtime/100-twitter-accounts-every-sports-fan-should-follow

What? No Chris Rieman?

— If you have $9.99 burning a hole in your pocket, you can spring for “The College Basketball Prospectus”:

http://www.basketballprospectus.com/products/cbp2011/

— Or you can hope that ESPN.com provides free access to the Dayton preview on Blue Ribbon. Right now, you can see what they have to say about the Duquesne Dukes gratis:

http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/36943/espn-coms-atlantic-10-preview-2

— “The Sweet Tweet of the Week” comes from LSU transfer Matt Derenbecker talking about his new Flyer teammates:

“Thinking about advantage I have watching my teammates and learn from their mistakes/successes for whole year”

That’s it “From the Swamp.”
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