Lots of miscellaneous basketball news...

Dyricus' Euro tour team plays again in Dusseldorf at 8PM -- which means they start in about 4 and a half hours from right now -- at 1PM Central time.


BU recruiting target Phillip Greene has a top 3...
http://www.zagsblog.com/2010/08/17/phil-greene-has-a-top-3/


BU recruiting target Bobo Drummond has a nice, new premium article on him...
"Bobo Drummond Hopes For Illini Offer

Fighting Illini basketball coaches may only have one scholarship to give in 2012, so they must be frugal and study their prospects carefully. One who is working hard to earn a precious scholarship is Peoria Central's Bobo Drummond. His point guard game is continuing to improve.
Antonio Drummond, affectionally called "Bobo," makes no secret of his interest in the University of Illinois.
I think my point guard skills are getting better."

He is considering a transfer to a prep school (Wilbraham & Monson Academy in Massachusetts) to improve his academic standing. If he remains in Peoria, he feels his Central team will be strong this year.

"The schools that are looking at me the most right now are Illinois, Bradley, SIU-Edwardsville...
He will play college ball somewhere, but there is little doubt he would prefer to do it at Illinois."
http://illinois.scout.com/2/992616.html


Will Egolf says he's interested in changing his uniform number back to #54 - his HS #
http://twitter.com/willFREEMAN21/status/21436890393

BU coach Kyle Vogt responds...
http://twitter.com/CoachKyleVogt/status/21437126947


NIU gets a verbal from a 2011 kid..
http://www.daily-chronicle.com/articles/2010/08/17/67392685/index.xml

Indiana's desperation to get more fans....even cutting ticket prices for all college students...except the ones who come from the opponent school!
http://www.pal-item.com/article/20100818/NEWS02/8180327/1004/NEWS02/Hoosiers-try-to-increase-crowds

Indiana's basketball cioach Tom Crean seems to hint that his wife Joanie (sister of FB coach Jim Harbaugh) is actually running the show!!
http://twitter.com/TomCrean/status/21027730201


BTW -- can someone answer me this....why is Tom Crean so absolutely astounded, so incredibly surprised that one of his players graduates??
The kid has been in college since 2005, including TWO redshirt years
....so wouldn't he have been expected to graduate by now??
http://twitter.com/TomCrean/status/21449286769


Sharpshooter Jordan Nelson from Lincon HS gets a D-II offer..
Nelson has been compared to Matt Roth - outstanding shooting ability...
http://www.chicagohoops.com/articles1/nelsonlewis.html

BU recruiting target Derrick Marks is picking up other offers...
http://www.chicagohoops.com/articles1/markswmu.html


And, no, Osiris is NOT talking about a brand of booze here...
http://twitter.com/Osiris_Eldridge/status/21485004106

this is what he's talking about...a brand that quite commonly uses extremely sensuous ads..
http://www.thenewblog.net/tomfordfragrancead.jpg

..and there's even more revealing ads than that one!!


Ex-Northern Iowa guard Brian Conway (scholarship yanked & booted from UNI before ever playing a game) sentenced to 10-years for armed robbery...
http://www.southtownstar.com/news/2606906,conway-robbery-0817.article
http://bradleyfans.com/vb/showthread.php?t=9077


And this guy has the same sentiment that I have...
http://twitter.com/JoshLee32/status/21453227399


Some preseason play...just click on the line to see the linked page...
Idaho State gets narrow 2-pt win in Canada
Drake posts a story about the GSA team Dyricus is on
Nebraska wins in the Bahamas - not much resistance 117-72
Memphis goes 2-0 in Bahamas, Barham gets 20 pts
Quinnipiac wins in Holland


USC's "Basketball Prospectus" doesn't even mention their game vs. Bradley
http://www.usctrojans.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/081710aaa.html


The NCAA "May cease to exist in 5-8 years"???
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/yb/148762735


Lastly in case anyone still isn't sure...
The term "pink slip" is synonymous with getting fired...always has been and always will be...
Definition: "a notice of termination of employment"..
http://www.answers.com/topic/pink-slip
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/pink+slip