The big news of the day was that the NCAA finally adopted new enforcement policies that “creates additional levels of infractions, hastens the investigation process and ratchets up penalties for the most egregious violations”.
- Only somebody like Jeff Goodman has the contacts needed in order to put together a comprehensive list of all the “secret” scrimmages taking place across the country - Only Wisconsin forward Mike Bruesewitz would sustain a major cut while diving for a loose ball in practice.
- An awesome story about what Nerlens Noel did to show his support for a young Kentucky fan battling cancer (We have ourselves a #RefereeGuy Vinny Swope Reference!)
Compiled by Eric Angevine and Troy Machir On Friday, the two most powerful forces in college basketball etymology joined forces to provide the CBT Unified College Basketball All-Name Team.
- With so much going on this weekend thanks to Midnight Madness festivities College Basketball Talk decided to gather all the best videos and news from season tip-off festivities - College Basketball Talk released it’s highly anticipated “All-Name Team” selections for 2012-13 on Friday.Eric Angevine and Troy Machir are college basketball’s foremost experts in etymology, surnames and general nomenclature and have combined forces to provide a definitive list of who’s who in 2012-13.
- #ReadoftheDay comes via ESPN’s Dana O’Neil, who writes a terrific profile piece on Richmond head coach Chris Mooney - Tickets are going on sale soon for the Battle on the Midway between Syracuse and San Diego State, and if you are willing to spend anywhere from $150 - $1,2500 to watch a college basketball game on the deck of an aircraft carrier....you can certainly buy me a ticket - Dime magazine just published an issue which featured an article detailing the ten next players who will define the game of basketball - Mike DeCourcy hit a home run in this piece on Arizona State’s Jahil Carson, who is looking to silence the critics who think he’s not a student-athlete - 1) I have no clue what a “Political rap video” is. 2) If there is such thing as a “Political rap video”, I’m certain that Memphis coach Josh Pastner would not allow the film to use his likeness - Akron got a bit of good news on Tuesday in the wake of Quincy Diggs’ year-long suspension, as West Virginia-transfer Pat Forsyth was cleared to participate immediately - Harvard head coach Tommy Amaker fielded questions at media about the suspensions of Kyle Casey and Brandyn Curry, but did not offer much detail on the matter - Binghamton must have not done a good enough job at “cleaning house”, because just a few years removed from a devastating scandal that rocked the program, two Bearcats were arrested over the weekend for disorderly conduct - A bunch of good stuff on Michigan State from their media day experience, including a good-read on Derrick Nix’s captaincy - You think UConn has it bad?
- On Thursday, the most highly anticipated college announcement of the Fall will take place when Aaron and Andrew Harrison will decide between Kentucky, Maryland and SMU.
