BEVERLY HILLS (MI) -- It’s the middle of May and the 2021-2022 college hoops season seems like it is off in the far, distant future, but in reality it is only six months away. Hoops news is a bit hard to come by these day, but
“FTS” has scoured the intrawebs to dig up some relevant and not-so-relevant linkage.
-- AG signee DaRon Holmes checks in at #44 on
ESPN’s list of the Top 100 2021 HS recruits:
http://www.espn.com/college-sports/b...playerrankings
While
Spalding has DaRon as a third team All American!
https://twitter.com/Spalding/status/1390390701070950404
Meanwhile, ex-Georgia star Toumani Camara is ranked #48 in
CBS Sports list of the top committed transfers in college hoops:
https://www.cbssports.com/college-ba...d-adam-miller/
Speaking of transfers,
The New York Times digs into this phenomenon in a piece entitled “Rule Change Prompts a Game of Musical Chairs in College Basketball”:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/14/s...?smid=tw-share
-- Jeff Goodman at
Stadium provides us with his “Way-Too-Early Preseason Top 25 for 2021-22”:
https://watchstadium.com/jeff-goodma...22-04-05-2021/
As does
ESPN:
https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/st...ness-men-field
And
CBS Sports:
https://www.cbssports.com/college-ba...r-of-the-year/
And Jon Rothstein:
https://collegehoopstoday.com/index....ion-for-21-22/
Goodman is right...with over 1,000 hoopsters still in the Transfer Portal, it is way too freakin’ early to project anything.
-- Obi’s head coach Tom Thibodeau is being validated and vindicated by his team’s performance:
https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/b...xgu-story.html
--
The Ringer provides a couple of in-depth profiles of NBA stars:
There’s Nothing Quite Like the Magic of Steph Curry:
https://www.theringer.com/nba/2021/4...ayoffs-history
The Reason Jae’Sean Tate Has Defied the Naysayers:
https://www.theringer.com/nba/2021/4...ouston-rockets
As well as a behind-the-scenes look at the preeminent network studio show,
Inside The NBA:
https://www.theringer.com/nba/2021/5...yane-wade-shaq
--
The Wall Street Journal gives pickup hoops junkies like me and David Jablonski a ray of hope:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/sports-...id-11620624656
-- Ever wonder what happened to Brian Snow, HS recruiting expert at
247 Sports and frequent X apologist? He joined the coaching staff at Penn State as Director of Recruiting:
https://twitter.com/PennStateMBB/sta...88026641797127
--
“FTS” will never be accused of being a fan of John Calipari, but his handling of the sudden death of former UK player Terrance Clarke reveals a side of him that fans don’t often see:
https://coachcal.com/news/2021/4/23/...s-special.aspx
-- If there is any doubt that the NCAA is a heartless, gutless and senseless organization, look no further than the case of college tennis player Brittany Collens, who had her career erased by the NCAA:
https://www.theplayerstribune.com/po...urce=instagram
-- Why is it that the ice cream machine at McDonald's always seems to be broken? There is a reason and yes, it is a Commie plot:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrDEtSlqJC4
-- While we are on the subject of burger joints, the world’s largest White Castle opened in Orlando recently:
https://www.clickorlando.com/news/lo...ns-in-orlando/
-- Riddle me this, Batman: When exactly did the Paramount Network become the “Bar Rescue Network?” If you scroll down the cable channel guide they are inevitably running Jon Taffer non-stop. Who is watching this?
-- Sign War!!!
https://www.boredpanda.com/virginia-...&ICID=ref_fark
That’s it “From the Swamp.”
You can email me at:
swampy@udpride.com