Maryland got their first 2009 commitment for basketball, assuming of course that Jin Soo Kim is considered eligible for this fall.James Padgett, a 6'7 power forward out of New Yawk, chose the Terps over West Virginia, Pitt, Tennessee, St. John's and Florida, so that's a nice pool to be picked from!
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This is the time of the year that Lenny Cooke comes back into the basketball lexicon - as a cautionary tale and a light on the underbelly of amateur basketball. Nobody was used more than this kid and he believed the lie all the way until it cost him his future.For those that don't know, Cooke was   more...
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For the east coast college basketball junkies out there, this Saturday at MSG a number of Rutgers, St. Johns and Seton Hall recruits will be on display at the Jordan All-American Classic. Zagsblog explains what the tourney is all about and who will be on display.
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Editor's note: This Top 10 list is an aggregate of the individual ballots from five ESPN/ESPN.com basketball experts. The experts' ballots can be found here. How do you define underachieving? It's more than being consistently bad -- there are plenty of programs in Division I that can claim that   more...
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On August 12th, we ran a similar story, highlighting college baseball programs. At that time, we asked, Does USC Have The Best Collegiate Baseball Program? AskMen.com has come out with some new stats for us to analyze, this time dealing with the world of basketball. So…Are you a basketball player   more...
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The Adidas It takes 5ive Classic opened up play yesterday in Cincinnati at the Fifth Third Bank Arena on the Cincinnati campus, featuring many of the best travel teams that Adidas has in its stables, playing under the watchful eyes of such coaches as North Carolina's Roy Williams, Ohio State's Thad   more...
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Which Big East team is best?Syracuse took a hit with the loss of Eric Devendorf (ACL) and Villanova will struggle to replace Cassiem Drummond (broken foot). Pittsburgh has suffered some injuries, too, but I think they were overrated to start. Louisville has been a disaster.ESPN.com's Andy Glockner   more...
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