Some Valley Topics and a Few New Names

Ex-Creighton Bluejay, Anthony Tolliver has been signed to the Miami Heat roster...
".. for training camp, which opens Monday at AmericanAirlines Arena.Tolliver, 6-9, went undrafted out of Creighton in 2007, splitting 2007-08 between the NBA Development League and the German League. He appeared in 19 games last season .."
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/other/sfl-heat-jack-mcclinton-s092509sbsep25,0,3959982.story

An interesting tweet seen that was posted late Friday night, actually at 2AM on Saturday...by an ex-basketball player/acquaintance...
Doesn't ISU have rules? Would the coach be happy if his players are out in the bars 'til 2AM in downtown Bloomington?
(** caution - the language this guy uses on his twitter is a little out of the mainstream, if you know what I mean.)
http://twitter.com/IddyHelenJr/status/4389058274

the very guy making this tweets, is an ex-baller known for his dunking..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xblTn_LP2I



Here's something that always amazes me.....the head coach of a major school telling people who his starters are going to be MORE than a month ahead of the start of the season!!
This is, in my opinion, a very bad thing to do....
it makes the guys named perhaps a little more lazy - knowing they don't have to work all that hard since they've already been anointed a starter. Wouldn't you want your kids working hard as if they ALL had to earn those starting spots??

Second..it would tend to be demoralizing to those other kids, because now they know they have no chance of starting no matter what they do in tryouts or practice.
I just think it's a very bad thing for a coach to say....to name your starters any time before the season starts!!
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/huskymensbasketballblog/2009954030_lorenzo_romar_s.html


The fans on the SIU board have been polled and 72% say yes to the Salukis going after Diamond Taylor who was booted at Wisconsin before he ever played a game, because of his arrest.
http://www.salukitalk.net/st/viewtopic.php?t=29138

Oddly, some want to boot Ryan Hare to free up a scholarship to be able to land Diamond Taylor. (The major part of all the Ryan Hare threads have already been axed or locked so no more discussion is being allowed). Personally, I think each of these kids, after the appropriate discipline, should get additional chances...but I just don't see booting Hare in exchange for Taylor.
BTW - Hare is alleged to already have been set to serve 3 or more games' of a team-issued suspension at the beginning of this coming season for drug related issues.



Speaking of riots and brawls on campus...
here's one that has gotten very little press...........but of course we're onto it...
One Indiana State team member and one recruit (the brother of another of the team members) were injured, both seriously in a fist fight.
Felony charges filed against the thugs who are responsible.
http://www.dailypilot.com/articles/2009/09/27/topstory/dpt-indiana091609.txt
http://bradleyfans.com/vb/showthread.php?t=13101


Ex-Wichita State shocker player honored...
http://www.star-telegram.com/sports/story/1638446.html


Short vid, AB3 & SM
http://www.twitvid.com/1D383


also - one new name...scroll 1/2 way, Nick Shepard
http://www.future150.com/


Read this-- here's how we find out about obscure players!!
Note the comment in the 4th paragraph-- "offers from Bradley..."
http://www.ohshoops.com/2009/09/warren-harding-looking-good-for-2009.html

but here's where this gets a bit skeptical...the same guys on their twitter say this...
"5'7 sr. Maurice Jones Saginaw (Arthur Hills) MI., committed to USC"
http://twitter.com/ONPSS/status/4418153833

but I cannot find any other independent info on this, and I find it pretty hard to believe, that USC would come all the way to Michigan to land a pretty obscure, 5-7, (Rivals has ZERO stars but scout.com has 3-stars)a kid whose only other interest is coming from Central Michiganand a few other mid-majors.
http://scouthoops.scout.com/a.z?s=75&p=8&c=1&nid=4162637



Short column about USI and Jamar Smith
http://www.courierpress.com/news/2009/sep/21/usi-awaits-glvcs-decision/


Don't forget the Itoo Spaghetti Supper, the Coffee with the Coaches, and the Homecoming Soccer Tailgate! -- all coming up in the next week!
http://bradleyfans.com/vb/showthread.php?t=13047



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Well, I won't bother to give it, since this is a basketball blog, but I will say that I have an opinion when it comes to Bradley basketball.
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