A few BU notes and -- yawn...another big time scandal at Kansas...so what's new??

Talked with a couple guys this morning who have some "connections"........

First ex-Bradley AD Ken Kavanagh was able to swing a deal and land the FGCU basketball team onto the Indiana Hoosiers' early non-conference schedule!!
Florida Gulf Coast University will be the very first visiting opponent at Indiana's Assembly Hall this November, 2010.......Go Eagles!!

Also heard a bit about the BU players'workouts this spring.........
one version was that Will Egolf has been the most impressive Brave (with JP right behind)....looking to show as much improvement between soph & junior years as he did between frosh & soph years! the scuttlebut even hinted we might see TB at the three, Will at the four, and a yet to be named center at the five all playing at the same time to go big!
One other version had Dyricus looking the most impressive - something I was happy to hear...working on his outside shot.


BTW -- why if coaches at Hofstra, Kentucky, and elsewhere are immediately FIRED for their DUI's -- then just how come the DUI at SIU is just minor news and no comment whatsoever from Chris Lowery or their athletic department??
Is there a coverup...remember, this DUI happened a MONTH ago and was kept hush-hush until it broke on the mesage boards!!
http://bradleyfans.com/vb/showthread.php?t=15718


A couple notes on Missouri State - first, they are included in the 2010 Preseason NIT Tip-Off field. And although the rest of the field has not been set for certain, it appears to also include...Villanova, UCLA, Tennessee, Belmont, Arkansas State,
George Washington, Boston University, Marist, Nevada, Pepperdine, Pacific.
Also, Sports Illustrated gives MSU a little hype naming Kyle Weems and Adam Leonard as one of the top duos in the Valley...
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/andy_glockner/05/25/mid.major.players/1.html


Osiris Eldridge gets a workout with the Chicago Bulls this Monday, according to his agent - hope they get a coach soon!
http://twitter.com/chitown007/status/14786895833


NCAA Violations at Michigan in the news this morning....
http://www.annarbor.com/sports/um-basketball/michigan-basketball-self-reported-six-secondary-ncaa-violations-since-2006/


Here's a story saying that the reason NCAA has delayed any action against USC for all their cheating is because NCAA is worried about the threat of USC suing NCAA for handing them sanctions!
http://larrybrownsports.com/college-basketball/source-usc-may-challenge-ncaas-ability-to-sanction-them/18113

NCAA is already facing one anti-trust lawsuit --
http://ncaabasketball.fanhouse.com/2010/05/26/ncaa-facing-its-own-erin-brockovich/


Finally the official announcement from Sam Houston State, Coach Alvin Brooks III hired as assistant there...
http://www.gobearkats.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=19900&ATCLID=204951307

Another hiring - Hofstra has hired Wayne Morgan as an assistant. Morgan is the disgraced ex-Iowa State head coach who was fired after shady dealings with the AAU thugs out of California - not too different than the similar sleazy connection we now see that Kansas is dealing with...
http://www.iowastatedaily.com/articles/2006/03/20/news/20060320-archive7.txt


ONE LAST COMMENT about a hiring...
Wright State has just hired Brendan Mullins as Director of Basketball Operations --
congrats to Brandan who is brother to SIU's Bryan Mullins and son of the AAU Illinois Wolves' coach Mike Mullins!!



Scandals at Kansas have become so commonplace that maybe nobody cares any more...how many even know that Kansas started this past season ON probaiton for their last scandal that NCAA penalized them for...
http://chronicle.com/article/U-of-Kansas-Gets-NCAA/12963/

Although this recent one is a bit bigger than the usual scandal.
Millions of dollars of illegal ticket sales, tax evasion, fraud...and money seemingly funneled to players' families and even to the coaches...

This morning a bit more info sheds some light on a few of the aspects of this latest Kansas scandal...

--This guy ties the trail of the illegally gotten money to others including BILL SELF! ...and also proves the Athletic Director Lew Perkins knew of the ticket selling scandal as far back as November and did NOTHING about it for months!
http://www2.ljworld.com/photos/galleries/2010/may/26/ku-ticket-investigation/

--one reporter takes another reporter to task for KNOWING about this scandal four years ago but doing nothing and even worse -- kinda helping to hide the facts! (he musta been a Jayhawks fan!) I thought it was the press' job to expose this stuff....
at least that's what the press' job in Peoria obviously is...they even expose stuff that doesn't exist like "ligature marks", "assault with hands and feet", and other misreported facts...
http://www2.kusports.com/news/2010/may/26/director-lew-perkins-needs-open-his-eyes/

--The Kansas University Board of Regents are "angry" and speaking out...
but oddly they have made no move to fire or remove the Athletic Director and other people who are involved. then adjourn and don't plan to meet again until late June!
Watch the spin and coverup as they all act like they're outraged but won't go after anyone in the system..just blame others outside the system.
http://www.fox4kc.com/news/wdaf-story-ku-regent-ticket-scandal-reax-052610,0,3895541.story

--two of the people who got the tickets and scalped them also did the same thing at Oklahoma University!
Apparently the folks at Oklahoma don't have a clue but they'd better hire an accountant!
http://www.newsok.com/kansas-ticket-scandal-touches-ou/article/3464109
http://www.koco.com/news/23691013/detail.html

--but even the usually sensible Jason Whitlock goes crazy trying to defend everyone in Kansas...and lays the whole blame on the NCAA and their greed!
Good job Jason - like the folks at Kansas bear NO responsibility??
http://www.kansascity.com/2010/05/26/1973956/ncaa-breeds-a-culture-of-corruption.html

How come when the NCAA nails a school like SEMO or Bradley - all those press guys say that's good - the NCAA is just doing their job cleaning up college sports..
but if they ever catch Kansas cheating then the problem is actually the NCAA!!

but the most offensive comment made by Whitlock is this one...
"..the white guys and gals in suits, ties and skirts taking their turn at profiting
off the work of Sherron Collins, Brandon Rush, Mario Chalmers and all the rest"

sooo... this is all the typical bad white guys committing all the crimes and hurting the others? why is this guy making this a racial issue.....he oughta apply for Pam Adams' job!
Was it all white guys involved in these scandals at Kansas??
...a quick check shows 20-30 different incidents in just the past couple years of Kansas players and their legal issues and arrests..most were not white...
http://www.sbnation.com/2009/9/23/1051839/kansas-basketballers-and
http://espn.go.com/blog/big12/post/_/id/3945/kansas-point-guard-hospitalized-after-brawl-with-ku-football-team
http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2009/oct/02/ku-police-connect-crimes-sports-brawl/
http://www.fannation.com/truth_and_rumors/view/120293?eref=sircrc
http://www2.kusports.com/news/2005/may/20/giddensslashed/?mens_basketball
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/A.M.+Briefing%3B+College+basketball:+Kansas+guard+involved+in+bar+fight...-a0133727601
http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/story/8512894/2
http://www2.kusports.com/news/2009/jul/19/rodriguez-brothers-arrested/
http://www2.kusports.com/news/2008/aug/20/freshman_jayhawk_basketball_player_gets_court_date/
http://www2.kusports.com/news/2005/may/20/giddensslashed/?mens_basketball
http://www2.kusports.com/news/2010/may/14/police-detain-suspects-after-armed-incident/
http://www.kansan.com/news/2008/jun/17/sherron/
http://www.kuathletics.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/100309aab.html
http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2009/jul/13/self-gives-statement-buford-incident/
http://www.kansan.com/news/2009/jul/14/ku_basketball/
http://jayhawknation.blogspot.com/2006/04/rush-chalmers-arrested-for-possession.html
http://dimemag.com/2008/09/mario-chalmers-darrell-arthur-caught-with-weed/
http://criminalathletes.blogspot.com/2006/11/ku-basketball-player-cited-for-battery.html
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/mensbasketball/big12/2006-11-07-kansas-giles-battery_x.htm
http://www2.kusports.com/news/2009/oct/07/markieff-morris-involved-non-injury-accident-drivi/
http://www.newsnet14.com/2008/05/16/shocking-ball-player-had-grades-changed/
http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2009/jul/13/self-gives-statement-buford-incident/
http://www.kuathletics.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/100309aab.html

Wow - that's a lot of arrests and other scandalous issues at Kansas - how come they can keep getting away with all this and nobody calls them out!!!
I guess I will just have to take that job on as well.....add it to calling out USC, UConn, and Coach Cal!!