BEVERLY HILLS (MI) — Time to drop some links on y’all while listening to Larry and Bucky do the URI game and waiting for the X tilt to arrive on Saturday.

— Nice video piece on UD done by Stan van Gundy when he was in town with The NBC Sports Network:

http://godaytonhoops.com/index.php/video#/vimeo150/1

— Sorry to hear that Chris Johnson received a visit from “The Turk” on Tuesday night, especially since the Memphis Grizzlies will be visiting The Palace of Auburn Hills on Tuesday evening. CJ will land on his feet somewhere in The Show.

— Looking forward to watching Chris Wright dominate the NBA DL All-Star Game at 3:00 PM EST on Saturday, right after UD kicks some Xavier butt. You can watch it on YouTube.com here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZyxhKyER1s&feature=player_embedded

— Geez, who do I root for in this one? My alma mater Notre Dame (MA) Prep vs. Putnam Science Academy and Dayshon “Scoochie” Smith…I’m going with “Scoochie.”

http://www.thebasketballdiary.com/2013/01/notre-dame-prep-massachusetts-vs-putnam.html

— Great piece from The New York Times on recruiting guru Tom Konchalski:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/03/nyregion/tom-konchalski-stands-out-on-the-court-as-a-scout.html?_r=2&

— A ho-hum write up on a ho-hum game, UD vs. SLU, courtesy of The Mid-Majority:

http://www.midmajority.com/p/3373

— Coupla blog posts from Ken Pomeroy. The first is a study of rebounding on missed three point shot attempts:

http://kenpom.com/blog/index.php/weblog/entry/charting_3_point_rebounds

The second is a study on the efficacy of fouling the opposition at the end of the game when you have a three point lead:

http://kenpom.com/blog/index.php/weblog/entry/yet_another_study_about_fouling_when_up_3

— For a change, the Road to the Atlantic 10 Championship doesn’t run thru Philly:

http://rushthecourt.net/2013/02/08/the-road-to-the-atlantic-10-title-for-once-doesnt-run-through-philadelphia/

— Not much to like in this week’s edition of RushTheCourt.net’s CIO the A-10:

http://rushthecourt.net/2013/02/08/cio-the-atlantic-10-conference-9/

— SMU Coach Larry Brown is one complex, complicated individual:

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/8914076/view/full/what-larry-brown-doing-coaching-college-hoops

— ESPN says that the Big East is talking to The NBC Sports Network while the Catholic Seven continue to negotiate with Fox Sports:

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/8932681/big-east-catholic-7-close-reaching-media-rights-deals

Meanwhile, the as-yet-unnamed Catholic Seven + Five (we hope) League won’t officially get started until 2014:

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/8931014/big-east-seven-catholic-schools-hope-split-summer-2014-source-says

— Kyle Davis and Kendall Pollard made the All Chicago Public League Team:

http://seasonpass.suntimes.com/news_article/show/225936?referrer_id=596370

And Kyle has city bragging rights (for now) after his Morgan Park squad bested KP’s Simeon squad in OT 54-53. They could meet again in the state playoffs.

— UD Assistant Coach Kevin Kuwik gets a well-deserved shout-out from Andy Katz for his tireless work in trying to change commuter airline safety regulations (scroll down to #3):

http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/75748/3-point-shot-xavier-and-the-big-east-7

— Journalistic curmudgeon Charles Pierce takes aim at what used to be the Big East on Grantland:

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/8939680/the-big-east-splinters

That’s it “From the Swamp.”
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