Ben Ball News & Notes: Annoucement Day

Thirtyfive Seconds found this 4/17/2008 on www.bruinsnation.com [flag]

It is all over the internets now. Love and Westbrook will be announcing their decision to make themselves available for the NBA draft at a 1 pm press conference this afternoon per the LA Times . Also from the Oregonian (as an example to show that this not some grand conspiracy by Brian Dohn): Kevin Love, who in one year went from high school star at Lake Oswego to college All-American at ... [link]

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MORNING ROUNDUP - 4/17/08
Published 4/17/2008 by eirishis at Thirtyfive Seconds
... Just as another freshman announces his intent to head to the pros after one year in college, news came out of Philadelphia yesterday that Tyreke Evans, one of the top recruits available this year (#6 Rivals, #4 Scouts), would sign with Memphis. Except he didn’t. Evans announced his decision to “attend” Memphis, but put off signing a LOI for a little while - presumably to ensure that ...

Love, Westbrook, Mbah a Moute to announce decisions today
Published 4/17/2008 by Gilbert at Obscure Sports Quarterly
I’ll update this later as it becomes official, but as has been reported in multiple places, Kevin Love will announce at a press conference today that he’s leaving UCLA for the NBA. Jeff Eisenberg of the Riverside Press-Enterprise is reporting that Russell Westbrook and Luc Richard Mbah a Moute will announce ...

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My advice for Russell Westbrook

Rover found this 4/17/2008 on guttylittlebruins.com

Look out for Kevin Love and Russell Westbrook to declare their intentions to put their name in the NBA Draft today. Sources say neither will hire an agent, but that Love fully expects to say in. I’m hearing that despite reports to the contrary, there is a very good chance that Westbrook will actually stay at UCLA. I’m sure Russell knows what the right thing to do in this situation ...

Neuheisel, Chow reinvigorate UCLA (cont.) - Stewart Mandel - SI.com

Bruins Nation: Front Page Posts found this 4/17/2008 on sportsillustrated.cnn.com

Though Chow steadfastly denies long-held rumblings of a falling out between Carroll and himself, it was no secret that over time Carroll exerted more control over the Trojans' offense. When Chow left to become the Tennessee Titans' offensive ...

UCLA C Love to announce decision on NBA (AP)
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