BEVERLY HILLS (MI) — The absolutely best part about Thanksgiving is chowing down on the tasty leftovers. Nothin’ like nukin’ up a plate of turkey with all of the fixins to give you another “food coma” for the second time in two days. “FTS” is no different:
— In case any of you were not able to see the Manhattan game live (raises hand) the replay is already up on DaytonFlyers.com:
http://daytonflyers.cstv.com/allaccess/?media=343133
Be forewarned that for some reason, the first 20+ minutes is video of some other program….and the fast-forwarding feature (sliding the cursor to the right) is a little suspect.
— In case you missed the BC game, here is a write-up from a non-Flyer fans perspective, courtesy of the excellent college hoops site The Mid-Majority:
http://www.midmajority.com/p/3036
— Flyer Assistant Coach Kevin Kuwik gives us all a peek at the behind-the-scenes preparation necessary to play three games in four days at an in-season tournament like The Direct TV Charleston Classic:
http://collegechalktalk.com/?p=4003
— RushtheCourt.com checks in on the Atlantic 16:
http://rushthecourt.net/2012/11/21/cio-the-atlantic-10-conference/
— NorthStarBasketball.com published their annual Top 100 rankings for HS basketball programs and the HS teams of two Flyer recruits were included.
Kyle Davis’ Chicago Morgan Park squad checks in at #26:
While Kendall Pollard’s Chicago Simeon team is projected to be #4, but if you ask me Huntington Prep, Montverde Academy and Oak Hill are not “high schools” by any stretch of the imagination:
http://blog.northstarbball.com/2012/11/15/national-preseason-high-school-top-100–part-five-1-10.aspx
— Meanwhile USA Today released their 2012-13 “Super 25” and they have Simeon at #3 in the country:
http://www.usatodayhss.com/rankings/super-25-boys-basketball-2013
— Unfortunately for Simeon, KP’s heralded teammate Jabari Parker will miss the teams’ opening game this weekend:
— UD is still in the hunt with 6’ 9” Canadian Matthew Atewe from Notre Dame (MA) Prep. K-State thinks he might be signing early but he’s not:
http://www.kansascity.com/2012/11/13/3915370/k-state-basketball-has-three-targets.html
Most recently, Matt got an offer from old friend Brian Gregory at Georgia Tech.
— Former Flyer recruiting target and HS basketball gypsy Jerron Wilbut is now lacing them up for a prep school for a post-grad year. He talked to ChicagoHoops.com about life at St. John’s Northwest Military Academy in Delavan, Wisconsin and his recruitment:
http://chicagohoops.hoops247.com/index.php/insider2/181-jerron-wilbut-talks-sjnma-recruiting
— You can scratch Detroiter Vince Hunter from the list of possible recipients of Archie’s last full-ride for the class of 2013, as he is going to UTEP:
http://www.kdbc.com/sports/utep-raids-motor-city-another-top-100-high-school-prospect
— How the heck does one kid score 138 points in a college hoops game? By utilizing “The System” which is the offense outlined in this 12 page presentation. Warning: there is math involved!
http://www.math.grinnell.edu/~mooret/reports/HoopsProceedingsFinalDraft.pdf
— You gotta love the video of these Halloween lights that were synchronized “Gangnam Style”:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6t7oowAsGs
— “The Sweet Tweet of the Week” comes to us from Jay Bilas of ESPN:
“I’d like hoop box scores to include “bad shots” as a category, like turnovers. We don’t have as many bad shooters as bad decision makers.”
That’s it “From the Swamp.”
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