News on Bradley basketball...Geno, Taphorn, Hodges, Cerina, Sammy, Eddren...

This has been a very interesting off season...there has been more news on a daily basis than I ever recall in the off season. There has been some breaking story almost every day about recruits visiting, getting offers, verbals and LOI's, and now this...

Bradley and Geno Ford are being sued by Kent State...sort of the equivalent of a school not releasing their players' scholarships when they transfer -- trying to get something back or get even...

http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/c013b405970b4b669e3ea78bd48ecb26/BKC--Kent-St-Coach-Lawsuit/

http://www.pjstar.com/bradleyhoops/x447606969/Kent-State-suing-Bradley-coach

Fans on the KSU boards are split -- some thinking this is a distraction and others saying they want revenge against not Geno but Bradley for doing this.

Either way -- in the midst of recruiting, is this the negative news we need? Could this not have been handled better? If the news were known about the other contracts BU is dealing with would we see a similar pattern?

Here's the most detail yet....
http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/5033304


By the way -- stay tuned -- this is not the end of the breaking news stories....there will be two or three more shortly and mostly GOOD news...



New article out of Pekin on Nathan Taphorn..

http://www.pekintimes.com/sports/x600909559/Pekin-sophomore-s-stock-suddenly-soaring

As much as I'd like to think we have a shot at Nathan Taphorn -- recall he plays for the Illinois Wolves and still has visits to arrange to places like Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, etc....so I would be shocked if he ends up at Bradley even though had you asked me just 3 months ago -- I'd have said we had an outstanding relationship with the Wolves and would have a great chance.



BU seems to have passed on TCU transfer Nikola Cerina...



New article on recent BU commit Devon Hodges...pictures and an interesting reader comment.

http://bolingbrook.patch.com/articles/bolingbrooks-hodges-commits-to-bradley



Here's an interview with Sam Maniscalco by Paul Klee with the Illini...

http://www.illinoisloyalty.com/Forums/showthread.php?t=15532



Scumbag Dave Bliss in trouble for cheating again...

http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/30763/dave-bliss-already-in-high-school-hot-water

Speaking of scumbags -- this is just partial satire, but it is funny and pushes Bruce Pearl for the Texas A&M job...

http://spenceparksoapbox.fantake.com/2011/05/11/bruce-pearl-is-the-right-hire-for-am/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter



Canadians launch their own professional basketball league..

http://pr.marqedia.com/press/nbl-launch



Tiger Woods quits mid-round...

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gameon/post/2011/05/tiger-woods-rough-start-the-players-championship/1?kjnd=Cre92N6UsSl0xLbMhYUBwam04%2B7yTDxbw5BUZAPrRvCJ7rbiUYa/8dFQJMNOplKu-010f2968-ecf7-4071-bee0-36bab1ec9188_PU4TeyJ/%2BnxVqFfORQnBKa85TA8LpaY/JbUN7DRKAGrncc7H3911xUaSeVBuo2kS&dlvrit=206567



Did everyone know this -- wasn't talked about much...
Eddren McCain ended up transferring to Paul Quinn College (Texas), an NAIA school...
Here are his stats for this past year.......he still has one year left at PQC...
10 ppg, 5 rebs, 7.2 assists per game (leads all of NAIA!)and 2.1 steals (ranks 17th in all of NAIA)..and had a season high 17 assists against Arlington Baptist..

http://www.dakstats.com/WebSync/Pages/Team/IndividualStats.aspx?association=10&sg=MBB&sea=NAIMBB_2010&team=426&plr=74813