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/atlantic10/2009-10/releases/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?aid=187253&id=147064647371&l=d9aa677010
and a 16 shot review of Kurt’s career:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=187803&id=147064647371&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:
— 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/atlantic10/2009-10/releases/6.22.10floriani
— 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-content/uploads/2010/06/athletic-spending-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:
— 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:
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:
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:
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.”
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