BU vs. ISU, and lots more basketball news...

Go Braves -- have a great night Tuesday vs. the Redbirds!!


Scott Phillips is a long time expert on recruiting and college basketball.....
many of you know him from his contributions to the Chicago Sun Times...
but he did post this comment via his twitter -- I am surprised he didn't take a little more heat for this, although it's just his opinion.
http://twitter.com/thebballreport/status/39137629391945728


I really hate to beat a dead horse, but did you see the box score from the ISU-Western Michigan game?
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/boxscore?gid=201102190640

Wow -- ISU sure does have trouble scoring....but watch them hit everything Tuesday vs. Bradley!! Ha, ha....

Specifically, John Wilkins has hit the wall or something's happening.
He has lost his starting spot and just isn't doing much of anything...
Here is his game log-
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/players/97879

This now makes 6 bad games in a row and 10 out his last 12 for JW.
Yesterday they really needed him to score and rebound but he scored just 2 baskets, and had 1 rebound. He also had 0 assists, 0 steals, and 0 blocks again. It was his 4th game in a row without an assist, 5th out of his last 6 games, and 10th out of his last 12 games without a single assist. And they bill him as being a guard?
Who are they kidding...this is what I have said was one of the bargaining points that Jank used to land him...that he'd be promoted as a guard!

A 6-9 guy who says he's a guard but doesn't score and gets no assists, and a 6-9 guy who never gets a rebound??
It is almost impossible for a 6'9" guy to play and not get more rebounds than this!
Could it be the coaching?
Something is going on......maybe something between JW and Jank. He even seems like he's playing disinterested, maybe disgruntled.....
any bets that he might not even be there next year??


In two games over the weekend in the D-League for Patrick O'Bryant, he had 9 pts/11 rebounds, and 8 pts/3 reb....his Reno Bighorns have won 7 straight, and POB is averaging 9.3 ppg, 6 rpg


In weekend action in Europe...

-David Collins had a great game for his Cyprus team, 13 pts, and 14 rebounds...
http://www.eurobasket.com/boxScores/Cyprus/2011/0220_353_351.asp

-Cellus has 17 pts in his Paris team's win

-Lawrence Wright had another great game, 22 pts, 9 reb...for his Finnish team

-and as usual, Zach Andrews remains the hottest player in his Japanese league with another great game...15 pts, 11 rebs. They have gone from well under .500 to 3rd place at 16-15 in the past few weeks.


Jimmer Fredette of BYU leads all of D-I in scoring at 27.2 ppg, 3 ppg more than his closest rivals.
Here's a discussion on whether Jimmer will be successful in the NBA...many think he will not.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/611549-jimmer-fredette-why-nations-leading-scorer-will-find-nba-success?source=rss_teams_Brigham_Young_Cougars


Hey -- here's help for Bradley's RPI -- Utah beat New Mexico! ;)
http://utahutes.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/022011aaa.html


Another Kansas player in trouble -- Tyshawn Taylor suspended...
http://gary-parrish.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/27596658


Maryland is hanging Greivis Vasquez' jersey in the rafters of their home arena this week.
I know he's a good player...but seriously....only a year after he leaves school honor the guy like he led the Terps to the Final Four (which of course he did not, they were actually quite disappointing during Vasquez' years)


Congrats to Morehead State's Kenneth Faried who just passed Tim Duncan with the most rebounds in NCAA D-I in the past 40 years...and he got the record vs. Indiana State...
1,576 in his career.
http://beyondthearc.nbcsports.com/2011/02/19/faried-surpasses-duncan-but-gilmores-record-is-out-of-reach/


Indiana has to beat Purdue to stay out of the Big Ten cellar...
Big Ten POW is Purdue's E'Twuan Moore, and NOW is Michigan's Tim Hardaway, Jr.


More on the mess that is the ICC baseball program...
http://blogs.pjstar.com/wessler/2011/02/20/icc-baseball-lost-focus-of-schools-core-mission/
http://www.bradleyfans.com/vb/showthread.php?t=17730