BEVERLY HILLS (MI) — About to hit the road for a week of sun and surf in Stone Harbor, NJ. Before I go, allow the links to flow over you and carry you away:

— ICYMI, here are a couple of recent PR pieces on UD:

This is a 2015-16 Flyer season preview, courtesy of the unfortunately named Mid-Major Madness:

http://www.midmajormadness.com/2015/8/17/9168449/dayton-flyers-2015-2016-season-preview

Here is an article from Huffington Post on the colleges with the happiest students:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/colleges-with-the-happiest-students_55bfe207e4b06f8bedb5b584

— Nice article on former Flyer Khari Price who is now hooping for Southern Miss:

http://www.clarionledger.com/story/sports/2015/06/28/golden-eagles-believe-price-major-value/29449223/?from=global&sessionKey=&autologin=

— Kelly Austria is ready to kick butt and take names in her senior season for Jim Jabir:

https://medium.com/@alleywhoops/countdown-to-2015-16-kelley-austria-ready-to-keep-dayton-right-on-rollin-8ded27297193

— CBS Sports thinks URI looks like the best team in the A-10 Conference:

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/eye-on-college-basketball/25243402/atlantic-10-summer-school-rhode-island-looks-like-best-in-conference

— Tremendous article from Sports Illustrated on Shaka Smart and the culture of success that he brings to the University of Texas basketball program:

http://www.si.com/college-basketball/2015/08/03/shaka-smart-texas-longhorns-first-year-inside-practice

— Here is an updated list of college hoops transfers:

http://insider.espn.go.com/blog/jeff-goodman/insider/post/_/id/4899/top-10-transfers-and-complete-transfer-list

And the less reported phenomenon of movement among the college coaching ranks, both head dudes and assistants:

http://www.si.com/college-basketball/2015/07/29/college-basketball-coaching-movement-transfer-study

— Say goodbye to the website version of College Chalk Talk:

http://collegechalktalk.com/2015/07/08/collegechalktalk-comthankyou/

The name will live on in a series of podcasts and Twitter updates:

https://twitter.com/cchalktalk

— Former Penn State hoopster D-Jay Newbill with one very classy move:

http://delgrecowilson.com/2015/08/15/d-jay-newbill-an-open-thank-you-letter-to-psu-president-ad-and-head-coach/

— See if you can figure out who did not get the dress code memo for the Charlotte Hornets’ pre-season team picture. Hint: it wasn’t B-Rob:

http://www.barstoolsports.com/chicago/big-frank-is-ready-for-the-nba-season/?utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

— Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany is either totally asleep at the switch or genuinely stupid…or both. Who in their right mind is even considering the thought of making freshman ineligible for college sports in 2015? Big Jim is!

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/eye-on-college-basketball/25272275/candid-coaches-are-you-ok-with-all-freshmen-being-ineligible

— If you think UD’s pre-A-10 matchups suck swamp water, check out Marquette’s non-con schedule:

http://collegebasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/07/14/marquettes-non-conference-schedule-leaves-much-to-be-desired/

— Jason Williams and the road less travelled:

http://www.slamonline.com/the-magazine/features/jason-williams-interview-white-chocolate/#zzSvIHgjjKhZcJXm.97

— The Harlem Globetrotters won’t have the Washington Generals to kick around anymore:

http://sportsworld.nbcsports.com/washington-generals-folding-harlem-globetrotters/?cid=eref:nbcnews:text

— Mini-basketball fail, now with video goodness:

https://vine.co/v/enhjKXxjPrT

— Yeah, about that supposed moon landing conspiracy hoax? Here’s why that theory is full of garbanzos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGXTF6bs1IU&feature=youtu.be

— “The Sweet Tweet of the Week” comes to us from Kyle Davis via David Jablonski of The DDN:

https://twitter.com/DavidPJablonski/status/623890813651652608

That’s it “From the Swamp.”
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