BEVERLY HILLS (MI) –- Now that the College Coaching Carousel has come to a stop (we can only hope that it has) it’s time for some other wheels to be set in motion:

— The Atlantic 10 NBA Early Entrant Roulette went about as expected: UD’s Chris Wright, Kevin Anderson of Richmond, Anthony Gurley of UMass and Lavoy Allen of Temple all wisely stayed put; meanwhile, Jordan Crawford of X makes like horse poop and hits the trail.

— At the same time the A-10 Wheel of Transfers is spinning off of its axis. A tip of the “FTS” cap to Run49er over on the A-10 MB for compiling this list:

Temidayo Adebayo, St. Joe’s to Philadelphia U
Kelvin Agee, Bona to Gannon
Mike Auriemma, St. Joe’s to Assumption College
Melquan Bolding, Duquesne
Shamarr Bowden, Charlotte to Delaware (?)
Melvin Brennan, Fordham
Lance Brown, Fordham
Charles Dewhurst, Charlotte (forgoing final year/will graduate)
Jio Fontan, Fordham to USC
T.T. Carey, La Salle
David Gibbs, UMass
Parrish Grant, La Salle
Bryant Irwin, St. Joe’s to Akron
Justin Jordan, Saint Louis
Travis King, GW to UMBC
Lewis Leonard, Bona
Oliver Lewinson, Duquesne
Chris Prescott, St. Joe’s
Jeff Reid, Saint Louis to Washburn
A.J. Rogers, St. Joe’s to Norfolk State
Jon Smith, Saint Louis
Danny Thompson, Fordham
Morakinyo Williams, Duquesne (forgoing final year/will graduate)

Despite made-up rumors to the contrary, you’ll note that no one from UD is going anywhere.

— Interesting read on Temple’s Lavoy Allen and his experience with being an Early Entrant and having to rely solely on “workouts” for exposure:

http://www.philly.com/dailynews/sports/20100510_Timing_s_not_right_for_Temple_s_Allen.html

— In addition to the transfers, URI stud recruit Kevin Cain is bailing on Jim Baron after signing a national LOI:

http://www.projo.com/cgi-bin/wwwthreads/showthreaded.pl?Cat=&Board=URI&Number=905216&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&vc=1

— UD recruit Devin Oliver will graduate from Kalamazoo Central HS on June 10th. The keynote speaker at his commencement? The POTUS!

http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2010/05/winner_of_president_barack_oba.html

A big ole “FTS” shoutout to Matt Schwade at FlyerHoops.net for originally pointing this out.

— Devin will have plenty of company when he arrives on campus. UD is on its way to a record enrollment for the Class of 2014:

http://www.udayton.edu/news/articles/2010/05/enrollment_increase.php

That class of Baby Boomers that they refer to in the article was mine — the Class of 1972, which I believe was the largest in Dayton history up until now.

— Nice YouTube video review of all of the 2009-2010 UD athletic teams:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nlex9UFazM

— Joe Posnanski started a “Famous Project” on his blog recently. Off the top of his head, some of the early entrants for most famous things were:

Most famous zip code: 90210
Most famous phone number: 867-5309 (Jenny)
Most famous three-digit number: 007
Most famous three-letter abbreviation: USA
Most famous pencil: No. 2
Most famous street: Broadway
Most famous jeans: Levi (sorry Brett)
Most famous commandment: Thou Shalt Not Kill (King James Version)
Most famous board game: Chess
Most famous modern board game: Monopoly
Most famous swim stroke: Freestyle
Most famous long distance race: Marathon
Most famous baseball player: Babe Ruth*
Most famous soccer player: Pele
Most famous writer: William Shakespeare
Most famous television news anchor: Walter Cronkite
Most famous talk-show host: Johnny Carson
Most famous game show: Jeopardy (edging Wheel of Fortune?)
Most famous fruit or vegetable: Grape
Most famous breakfast cereal: Corn Flakes
Most famous philosopher: Socrates
Most famous candy bar: Kit Kat
Most famous American President: Abraham Lincoln
Most famous silent film star: Charlie Chaplin
Most famous cheese: Cheddar

I can’t really argue with any of Joe’s choices. Can you?

— Danny Hurley has assembled an interesting coaching staff at Wagner. He hired his more famous brother Bobby, the former Duke PG, as an assistant and also picked Luke Murray, son of comedian Bill Murray:

http://www.sportingnews.com/blog/the_sporting_blog/entry/view/65275/wagner_assembles_the_most_interesting_low-major_staff_in_the_nation

— Thursday May 6th was one crazy ride on Wall Street. How wild was it? Check out this article explaining some of the insane fluctuations in stock prices that occurred:

http://money.cnn.com/2010/05/07/markets/explaining_wall_street_turmoil/index.htm

How would you like to be an employee of Sam Adams Brewery and have had your entire 401k in Sam Adams stock (never a good idea, BTW). Let’s say you’ve got 10,000 shares and the stock is selling at $55. In one minute it plummeted to 1 cent and your retirement fund went from $550,000 to $100! Yowza!

— Ever wonder why the colors of Crayola crayons seemed a little goofy? Maybe it’s because the guy who made them was color blind!

http://www.omg-facts.com/view/Facts/3163

— What are your favorite “comfort movies?”

http://www.popmatters.com/pm/column/124484-submarines-and-androids-the-comfort-movie-phenomenon

My list:

Any “Star Wars” flick
“Godfather I” or “Godfather II” but definitely not “III”
Any “Matrix” movie
“The Shawshank Redemption”
“Field of Dreams”

— The Wear twins have worn out their welcome in Chapel Hill. When UD played UNC in the NIT Championship, one of ‘em (David) was hurt and the other (Travis) only got 2 minutes of PT:

http://www.sportingnews.com/college-basketball/article/2010-05-06/wear-twins-will-not-return-north-carolina

— Facebook has gone “rogue.” I guess it’s a good thing I’m not on it then, huh?

http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/05/facebook-rogue/

— Here’s a view of Chicago you don’t see every day: it’s taken from the International Space Station and also features the Aurora Borealis:

http://twitpic.com/1m5ou4

— Vanity Fair reveals the secrets of how to get cast on “Jersey Shore.” Oh, you mean besides having an orange fake bake and being a total toolbox?

http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2010/05/we-are-pioneers-of-an-ugly-age-jersey-shore-casting-director-reveals-how-to-get-on-jersey-shore.html

— 40 years ago, Mrs. Swampy and I were attending summer school at UD when the Kent State Massacre happened. It’s taken them that long to figure out what happened:

http://www.aolnews.com/nation/article/kent-state-firing-order-heard-on-1970-tape/19469932?icid=main|main|dl1|link3|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aolnews.com%2Fnation%2Farticle%2Fkent-state-firing-order-heard-on-1970-tape%2F19469932

That’s it “From the Swamp.”
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