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More embarassment for Isiah

 

Published 4 days ago at Hoops on Hoops - NY Daily News Blogs

It was one of those nights Isiah Thomas would rather forget about. Tulsa spanked his young team, 81-49, today. Midway through the second half, Thomas motioned to Golden Hurricane coach Doug Wojcik, asking when he was going to pull his starters. With ...

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Kennedy shines in St. John's victory

 

Published 6 days ago at Hoops on Hoops - NY Daily News Blogs

Count us as one of the people who feel 6-6 junior guard D.J. Kennedy, who scored 16 points during St. John's 83-70 victory over LIU last night at Carnesecca, could be a future NBA player. This Red Storm team is definitely improved and has the ...

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Rider wins statement game vs. Miss. State

 

Published 6 days ago at Hoops on Hoops - NY Daily News Blogs

What a great job by Tommy Dempsey and his Rider team, smoking 10th-ranked Mississippi State, 88-74, in Starkville. Broncs were dominant, getting 21 points from Mike Ringgold and Novar Gadson and making 63 percent of their three-point shots. Like most ...

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Three Vols arrested, charged with armed robbery

 

Published 8 days ago at Hoops on Hoops - NY Daily News Blogs

It may be time for Tennessee football coach Lane Kiffin - who has alienated more than his share of opposing SEC coaches during his first year in Knoxville - to assume a lower profile. Less than a day after Kiffin bragged none of his players had been ...

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Early signings continue to trickle in

 

Published 9 days ago at Hoops on Hoops - NY Daily News Blogs

St. John's only has one scholarship to give but one of their key recruits - 6-6 J.J. Moore of South Kent - has spurned them to sign with Pitt. Moore was also recruited by Louisville. Happy to hear 6-8 Devon Collier of St. Anthony's - who I've been ...

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St. John's loses key recruit to Pitt

 

Published 9 days ago at Hoops on Hoops - NY Daily News Blogs

Early signings continue to trickle in. St. John's only has one scholarship to give but one of their key recruits - 6-6 J.J. Moore of South Kent - has spurned them to sign with Pitt. Moore was also recruited by Louisville. Happy to hear 6-8 Devon ...

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Seton Hall bans Keon Lawrence

 

Published 9 days ago at Hoops on Hoops - NY Daily News Blogs

Seton Hall has suspended guard Keon Lawrence - one of its high profile transfers who played for two years at Missouri - indefinitely when New Jersey state police charged him with driving under the influence and going the wrong way on the Garden State ...

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Blackbirds picked to fly

 

Published 15 days ago at Hoops on Hoops - NY Daily News Blogs

I was really excited to see LIU was picked to finish second in the pre-season Northeast Conference poll. We're hoping this will be Jim Ferry's breakthrough season. SID Jeff Mead informs the second-place rank in the NEC preseason poll is the ...

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Div. II Le Moyne stuns Syracuse

 

Published 16 days ago at Hoops on Hoops - NY Daily News Blogs

This was not exactly the way Syracuse wanted to kick off its season. We know it was only an exhibition, but Jim Boeheim had a lot of explaining to do after the Orange lost to Le Moyne - a tiny Jesuit school from the other side of town - 82-79, in an ...

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Pinkston's 29 help Loughin rally

 

Published 18 days ago at Hoops on Hoops - NY Daily News Blogs

Forward Jayvaughn Pinkston of Bishop Loughlin scored a game-high 29 points and forward Devon Collier of St. Anthony's had 17 as New Heights rallied from a 20-point first half deficit to defeat the Panthers, 87-83, in the championship game of the IS8 ...

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Rutgers gets verbal commitment from Carroll

 

Published 23 days ago at Hoops on Hoops - NY Daily News Blogs

Rutgers just picked up a verbal from 6-3 guard Austin Carroll of Worcester Academy (Mass.). Carroll, whose father John is a former Duquesne head coach and NBA assistant, played well for his dad, who coached the New England Playaz travel team this ...

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Rams get no respect

 

Published 29 days ago at Hoops on Hoops - NY Daily News Blogs

Freshman forward Chris Gaston was selected to the pre-season Atlantic 10 all rookie team, but the Rams were picked last in the 14-team league in a poll taken by the league's head coaches. We were hoping sophomore point guard Jio Fontan might make one ...

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Irving set to Duke it out

 

Published 29 days ago at Hoops on Hoops - NY Daily News Blogs

To no one's great surprise, guard Kyrie Irving of St. Patrick's of Elizabeth - our favorite player from North Jersey last summer has committed to Duke. Irving, who averaged 16 ppg and should be a McDonald's All American, is a Top 5 prospect ...

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Villanova thinking big

 

Published 30 days ago at Hoops on Hoops - NY Daily News Blogs

Villanova has just received a verbal committment from 6-4 junior guard Ash Yacoubou from Long Island Lutheran, who combined with 6-7 Top 15 recruit Tobias Harris last year to lead LuHi to the New York State Class `A' championship. Yacabou averaged 16 ...

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Recruiting restrictions getting tighter

 

Published 30 days ago at Hoops on Hoops - NY Daily News Blogs

The NCAA News has this intriguing story on recruiting, which shows that group is intent on pushing through legislation designed to kick start its attempts to reform grass roots basketball. The Division I Board of Directors will consider a set of ...

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UCLA is hurting

 

Published 10/21/2009 at Hoops on Hoops - NY Daily News Blogs

Hopefully, UCLA will have enough players to field a competitive basketball team this season. But for now, it looks like Ben Howland will have to cancel any intarsquad scrimmages for the immediate future. The Bruins has six scholarship players ...

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St. John's senior Mason Jr. out 4-to-6 weeks

 

Published 10/20/2009 at Hoops on Hoops - NY Daily News Blogs

St. John's redshirt senior swingman Anthony Mason Jr. just can't seem to catch a break. Latest word out of Queens is that Mason - an All Big East honorable mention selection who averaged 14 points per game in 2008 and is arguably St. John's best ...

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Kelly's star on the rise

 

Published 10/15/2009 at Hoops on Hoops - NY Daily News Blogs

The Big East has always been a jumping off spot for talented young coaches. Mark D'Antonio left Cincinnati for Michigan State. Bobby Petrino left Louisville for the NFL Atlanta Hawks and Rich Rodriguez left West Virginia for Michigan. Would it ...

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Binghamton's Broadus suspended indefinitely

 

Published 10/15/2009 at Hoops on Hoops - NY Daily News Blogs

SUNY-Binghamton has suspended head coach Kevin Broadus indefinitely for a string of continuous incidents that included the dismissal of six players and culminated with him admitting to contacting prospective student athlete after the deadline for the ...

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Binghamton's Broadus banned

 

Published 10/13/2009 at Hoops on Hoops - NY Daily News Blogs

Officials at SUNY Binghamton has prevented coach Kevin Broadus from doing any more off-campus recruiting for the next month in the wake of the coach's admission Friday he had contact with prospective student athletes that violated NCAA regulations. ...

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Rams run into Garden

 

Published 10/13/2009 at Hoops on Hoops - NY Daily News Blogs

Good news. Fordham will get a shot at playing in the Garden this season. The Rams will play Dayton - the Atlantic 10's best team - in the second half of a doubleheader, 20 minutes after the end of the St. John's-Cincinnati game Jan. 13. The Rams ...

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Gut says Tebow plays tonight vs. LSU

 

Published 10/10/2009 at Hoops on Hoops - NY Daily News Blogs

We get the feeling Florida quarterback Tim Tebow will play tonight against LSU if he is cleared by team doctors after final testing this morning. Tebow was back at practice this week, sharing snaps with backup John Brantley. It's raining down here in ...

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Paterno understand Bowden's pain

 

Published 10/9/2009 at Hoops on Hoops - NY Daily News Blogs

Penn State's 82-year old coach Joe Paterno knows what Florida State once revered, now embattled coach Bobby Bowden is going through. He went through it himself in 2004 when members of the Board of Trustees attempted to force his resignation in the ...

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Recruits face new issues with letters of intent

 

Published 10/7/2009 at Hoops on Hoops - NY Daily News Blogs

When John Calipari left Memphis for Kentucky, one of his major recruits also left with him. Xavier Henry, a 6-6 McDonald's All American who had signed a national letter of intent to attend Memphis, reportedly had an addendum letter that allowed him ...

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Tebow returns to practice for Gators

 

Published 10/6/2009 at Hoops on Hoops - NY Daily News Blogs

He's back. Florida's senior All-American quarterback Tim Tebow, who suffered a severe concussion and had to leave in the third quarter of the Gators' 42-7 victory over Kentucky two weeks ago, returned to practice for the first time since the ...

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Kansas Stat-ing its claim in city

 

Published 10/6/2009 at Hoops on Hoops - NY Daily News Blogs

Kansas State coach Frank Martin continues to dip into the city for recruits, getting a verbal commitment from 6-6 Shane Southwell of Rice over the weekend. The Cats already have two locals - 6-9 Curtis Kelly, a former Rice star and UConn transfer; ...

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Spiker will be all he can be

 

Published 10/6/2009 at Hoops on Hoops - NY Daily News Blogs

Army will introduce Zach Spiker as new basketball coach today. Spiker was an assistant on Steve Donahue's Cornell staff and played an major role in Big Red's two straight Ivy League titles. *** Happy to hear long-time friend Ray Cella, who left ...

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Sam Bradford won't start Saturday for Sooners

 

Published 10/1/2009 at Hoops on Hoops - NY Daily News Blogs

Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops decided this afternoon to gamble redshirt freshman quarterback Landry Jones and his team's relentless defensive front can do enough to beat 17th-ranked Miami (2-1) in Saturday night's game at Land Shark Stadium in Miami ...

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Army signs deal to play San Jose State

 

Published 10/1/2009 at Hoops on Hoops - NY Daily News Blogs

I really like what Kevin Anderson is doing as AD at Army to give the football program at West Point more national visibility. Anderson today announced a two-game series with San Jose State in 2018-2020. The Black Knights have already inked three more ...

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Extension in works for Calhoun

 

Published 9/30/2009 at Hoops on Hoops - NY Daily News Blogs

The University of Connecticut and 67-year-old Hall of Fame coach Jim Calhoun are negotiating a contract extension. Calhoun is in the final year of a six-year contract that currently pays him $1.6 million per year. The new deal could extend his ...

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Nash bridges gap at St. Francis

 

Published 9/30/2009 at Hoops on Hoops - NY Daily News Blogs

Nice to hear good things are finally hhappening for St. Francis of Brooklyn coach Brian Nash, who got a huge commitment from 6-6 Michael Glover of Eastern Utah Junior College. Glover was a nomadic high school talent from the Bronx who spent time at ...

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Big East showing off football muscle

 

Published 9/29/2009 at Hoops on Hoops - NY Daily News Blogs

Big East may be a better football league than I thought. South Florida wins at Florida State. Cincinnati wins on the road at Oregon State. When SFU visits Syracuse this weekend, there will be a basketball theme. SFU quarterback B.J. Daniels was ...

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FIU loses top recruit

 

Published 9/28/2009 at Hoops on Hoops - NY Daily News Blogs

Suddenly the future at Florida International doesn't look quite as good with word that 6-10 Chris Coleman, who is originally from Buffalo and committed to FIU at the end of his sophomore season, has reneged on his verbal. Coleman, who will now attend ...

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Tebow takes hit

 

Published 9/27/2009 at Hoops on Hoops - NY Daily News Blogs

Florida All America quarterback Tim Tebow, the pre-season favorite to win the Heisman Trophy, was taken to a Lexington hospital by ambulance tonight after taking a hard hit to the head while being sacked during the third quarter of the top-ranked ...

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Tennessee's Pearl makes inappropriate joke

 

Published 9/26/2009 at Hoops on Hoops - NY Daily News Blogs

I like Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl, but he had to issue an apology over a recent remark he made at a booster club. Pearl must have thought he was making a joke when he said. "I've got a tough job. I've got to put these guys from different worlds ...

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KU hoops players apologize for fights with football

 

Published 9/25/2009 at Hoops on Hoops - NY Daily News Blogs

The scene on the Kansas campus is anything but peaceful these days. Players of the University of Kansas basketball team have apologized for their role in fights that broke out between themselves and members of the Jayhawks' 20th ranked football ...

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Marquis headlines NYC hoops Hall of Fame class

 

Published 9/24/2009 at Hoops on Hoops - NY Daily News Blogs

Gail Marquis, who starred at Queens College and was a 1976 Olympic silver medalist, headlines the 2009 class of the NYC Basketball Hall of Fame's Class of 2009, which will be inducted tonight at the New York Athletic Club. Marquis is the first ...

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Report: Crews out as Army hoops coach

 

Published 9/23/2009 at Hoops on Hoops - NY Daily News Blogs

The Middletown Record is reporting Jim Crews is out at Army after seven straight losing seasons. Crews, a Bob Knight disciple who played on Indiana's 32-0 1976 national championship team, had a 60-139 record and was 22-76 in the Patriot League.  ...

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Ten-se relations with Gators

 

Published 9/22/2009 at Hoops on Hoops - NY Daily News Blogs

It appears Florida coach Urban Meyer and Tennessee coach Lane Kiffin are simply destined not to get along. Meyer said Sunday he kept his game play conservative during a 23-13 SEC victory after it appeared the Vols were not trying to win the game. ...

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Easley does it

 

Published 9/22/2009 at Hoops on Hoops - NY Daily News Blogs

Dominique Easley, a 6-2, 255-pound defensive lineman from Staten Island's Curtis HS, committed to Penn State on Saturday night during an official visit to the school, Warriors coach Peter Gambardella said. Easley was also being recruited by Florida, ...

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That hurts

 

Published 9/21/2009 at Hoops on Hoops - NY Daily News Blogs

The future changed for at least two teams this weekend. Wide receiver Michael Floyd of Notre Dame - the most exciting receiver the Irish have had since Raghib "Rocket" Ismail - underwent surgery for a broken collarbone and is likely out for the ...

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Boise State racing toward BCS berth

 

Published 9/19/2009 at Hoops on Hoops - NY Daily News Blogs

Boise State (3-0) has the look of a team with enough offensive firepower to finish unbeaten and barge into a BCS game. The Broncos outscored host Fresno State, 51-34, in a wild WAC game in which tailback Jeremy Avery ripped off 268 yards of total ...

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High school players still leaving city

 

Published 9/18/2009 at Hoops on Hoops - NY Daily News Blogs

The exodus for quality high school players in this city continues at an alarming rate. Guard Dashaun Wiggins has left Wings Academy for Bridgton, Maine Academy and 6-5 wing Jose Rodriguez and 6-11 Joey DeLaRosa have left St. Ray's for Impact Academy ...

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Memphis football not a fit for Big East

 

Published 9/17/2009 at Hoops on Hoops - NY Daily News Blogs

Memphis is searching for a spot in a BCS league. AD R.C. Johnson hires former Big East commissioner Mike Tranghese as a consultant for $5,000, money paid from privately donated funds. Are we supposed to put two and two together and think a marriage ...

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Get real, OSU fans

 

Published 9/16/2009 at Hoops on Hoops - NY Daily News Blogs

You could hear the grumbling as fans began to pour out of Ohio Stadium Saturday night after Ohio State had lost to USC, 18-15, its sixth straight loss to a top-five non-conference team. For the first time in nine years, Jim Tressel is taking heat ...

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Catching up on recruiting

 

Published 9/16/2009 at Hoops on Hoops - NY Daily News Blogs

UConn pulled off somewhat of a surprise when the Huskies got a verbal from 6-4 guard Jeremy Lamb of Norcross, Ga., who didn't start for his high school team last year but has huge upside potential judging from his breakout performances in the Augusta ...

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Early Heisman watch

 

Published 9/16/2009 at Hoops on Hoops - NY Daily News Blogs

Quarterbacks Tim Tebow of Florida and Colt McCoy of Texas lead most of the early season Heisman Trophy polls, but Houston quarterback Case Keenum and Cal running back Jahvid Best are both making an impact. Keenum has already thrown for 725 yards ...

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Pryor takes blame for Ohio State loss

 

Published 9/14/2009 at Hoops on Hoops - NY Daily News Blogs

USC true freshman quarterback Matt Barkley - who led the Trojans on a 14-play, 86-yard game-winning drive in the final moments of a 18-15 victory at Ohio State - suffered a bruised throwing shoulder while throwing an incomplete pass at the end of the ...

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Rutgers running on young stars

 

Published 9/14/2009 at Hoops on Hoops - NY Daily News Blogs

Rutgers seems to have found its way offensively now that Greg Schiano has inserted freshman quarterback Tom Savage into the starting spot and given sophomore running back Jourdan Brooks a bigger role in the offense. Savage threw for 223 yards and two ...

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Weiss calls shots for Irish

 

Published 9/13/2009 at Hoops on Hoops - NY Daily News Blogs

When Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis took on the responsibility of calling the plays as the team's offensive coordinator, it appeared to be a huge bonus for the Irish. But Weis left himself open for some second guessing today after the Irish's 38-34 ...

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