Demetri McCamey climbing higher on the mock projections, and lots of other basketball news

Hey -- just as I had predicted -- Illini Demetri McCamey is climbing up the draft projections...
He's gonna be a 1st rounder -- book it and he might land with the Bulls or even higher!
he is impressing people with his workouts...http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif
http://www.thebigswish.com/2011-nba-draft-combine-demetri-mccamey-creeping-up-draft-boards-bleacher-report/21411



Here are some measurements from the draft combines -- and some surprises...
http://www.draftexpress.com/nba-pre-draft-measurements/?page=&year=2011&source=All&sort2=DESC&draft=0&pos=0&sort=

The surprises...

7-footer Ralph Sampson III is not 7-ft -- he's 6-9.5
Kentucky's 6-11 Josh Harrelson is 6-8.5
Enes Kanter may slip a spot or two being measures at only 6-9.75 -- NOT 7-ft!
John Shurna is likewise taller than some expected -- 6-8.5
Ashton Gibbs has one of the worst vertical leaps -- 23.5
Dallas Lauderdale and Alex Stepheson both performed poorly on agility
and Gibbs, Sampson II, and Guy Marc-Michel all had terribly slow sprint times..
Rebounding machine Kenneth Faried was only 6-6



Someone said NO D-I school should ever LOSE to a D-II or a D-III -- nor ever lose an exhibition game!!!

-- but...our baseball team lost a regular season game to a team that was just transitioning from D-II .... nobody seemed to enraged about that one...
http://www.bradleybraves.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=19411&SPID=1506&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=3400&ATCLID=3706782


-- and I check on one other school - that is clearly relevant for obvious reasons because it should be under the same standards we're under...and they lose to D-II teams as well with no heads rolling there......http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif
http://www.ekusports.com/documents/2008/12/22/EKU122208.pdf?id=717



Creighton's scheduling is still being worked on but they have a game set with Iowa...
http://whiteandbluereview.com/?p=11942



Cuonzo Martin at Tennessee is still in the mid-major recruiting mode....
They just signed a kid from Midland Juco who is originally from the Bahamas, who only averaged 8 pts. 5 rebs a game this past season.
http://jucojunction.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1223582



Wow -- things continue to dismantle and fall apart at Iowa State -http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif- not just really bad basketball the past several years under the McDermott regime, but players getting booted endlessly, multiple transfers in and multiple transfers out, then lots of players suspended, disciplined time and time again for DUI's, bar fights, gun issues and drug issues....even assistant coaches getting DUI's....now this...

They get caught cheating and have to fess up...and this one is the Greg McDermott coaching staff cheating to pay for a player's travel expenses...
In fact if you look at the costs involved -- this one is as big or bigger "impermissible benefits" than anyone ever showed at BU under Versace or recently!
I just checked on Expedia and the cost of such a flight would be almost $800!!!
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=6569718&campaign=rss&source=NCBHeadlines

BUT -- of course the NCAA gives them no further penalty -- the coach who cheated simply was suspended (but continued to get paid) for two games...the player got no penalty..



The Reach USA team touring in China has already played their first two games...

Reach USA loses to the Lithuanian team also touring in China in GAME 1 -
the opponent in game 1 - Atletas of Lithuania, the game played in Hechuan, China....final score 77-75.
Central Florida's Keith Clanton was the best US player nabbing 17 pts & 8 rebs....Kentucky's Eloy Vargas had a nice game with 12 pts/10 rebs/5 blocks, Indiana's Jordan Hulls had 8 pts, Victor Oladipo had 6 pts.
SIU's Justin Bocot had a really bad game -- going 1-11 and only 3 pts, 3 rebs.
Other players: Austin Hollins had 4 pts, 3 asst....

SECOND GAME just now completed....USA wins against the same team 87-82...Eloy Vargas gets 12 pts/5reb, Hulls & Oladipo both get 7.
This game Bocot did better - had 10 pts but took 12 shots, Keith Clanton had 16 pts/15 rebs!!

The squad will play seven times against a club team from Lithuania, and face an all-star squad from Brazil, twice.

Here's the Reach USA Roster

Jordan Hulls 6'0" G University of Indiana
Justin Bocot 6'3" G Illinois University
Austin Hollins 6'4" G Univ. of Minnesota
Malik Story 6'5" G Univ. of Nevada
Vic Oladipo 6'5" F Univ. of Indiana
Garlon Green 6'7" F TCU
Marcus Thornton 6'7" F Univ. of Georgiahttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif
Keith Clanton 6'8" F UCF
Devonte Elliott 6'10" C Univ. of Nevada
Eloy Vargas 7'0" C Univ. of Kentucky



Much to the dismay of those who predicted Jimmer Fredette would flop and be a lousy pro player -- he is turning heads and impressing everyone!
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705373022/Jimmer-Fredette-impresses-at-NBA-combine.html



Yet another D-I head basketball coach gets canned -- and Alabama A&M still hasn't filled their opening...maybe WM can still land one of these spots??
http://www2.wsls.com/sports/2011/may/20/tdsport06-greenberg-out-as-radford-basketball-coac-ar-1051735/

Here's some NBA Draft combine measurements...
http://www.bradleyfans.com/vb/showpost.php?p=230810&postcount=1



Pro wrestler Randy Macho Man Savage dies in car accident...



Nice to see Dick Versace tweeting again!!


BU Baseball loses again.... 22-29 and 4-16 in MVC..remember they were 14-6 at one time...
have gone 8-23 the past month....



Here's a funny political topic -- a discussion on who is it that's talking too much when everyone says people are talking too much???

Here's DEFENSE SECRETARY Robert Gates' very words...http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif
"My concern is that there were too many people in
too many places talking too much about -- about
this operation. And we -- we had reached agreement
that we would not talk about the operational
details… I'm very concerned about this, because we
-- we want to retain the capability to carry out
these kinds of operations in the future.”
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/05/19/bin-laden-tape-constrains-obama-speech/
http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif
Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld also thinks they talk too much...
"..White House staffers may be undermining
intelligence efforts in the wake of the killing of Osama
bin Laden by talking too much about what the
American forces found in the terrorist leader’s
Pakistan compound."
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/may/8/rumsfeld-white-house-staff-talks-too-much/http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif

Even the liberal bloggers agree and so do the military top brass -- people are talking too much about this whole bin Laden raid and hurting our intelligence efforts..

"It is time to stop talking," agreed Adm. Mike Mullen,
chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In a pointed
directive to officials, politicians and the retired
military officers often featured on cable news
programs, he added, "Get off the net."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/18/robert-gates-mike-mullen-bin-laden-raid-leakers_n_863712.html

SO HERE'S MY QUESTION !!!!

Why are they all telling us this -- isn't it THEM who are doing the talking???
They should be lecturing and scolding THEMSELVES not us!!!

It is Obama, it is Obama's spokespeople like Gates, and it is specific military people just like this guy who keep appearing on TV shows and talking endlessly and bragging -- even lying a bit and exaggerating about the operation on bin Laden's compound that actually was a bit inept -- losing a helicopter -- getting some US personnel injured, and slaughtering unarmed people and women then lying and claiming there was an intense 45 minute "firefight"?

I guess I am blown away that they do all this talking and boasting for their own personal gain and ego enhancement then spend days on TV scolding you and me for talking too much when...
THEY are the ones doing the talking!!!