Happy Birthday Coach Jim Les!!

Coach Les is 46 years old!
http://bradleyfans.com/vb/showthread.php?t=12927



One of the best known national recruiting expert has released his latest rankings of the Top 175 recruits from Class of 2010.
http://www.bobgibbons.net/index.php?/weblog/article/class_of_2010_post_summer_top_175_player_ratings/

Gibbons is one of the most knowledable and respected guys so I would also respect his rankings.
A few kids BU is or were after are on the list...
Jacob Thomas (#143), Ben Brust (#136), Vander Bllue(#101) and a couple others have been on BU's rader screen...but very few of the Top 175 will end up at mid-majors.



As I am typing this, the Irish National team is in Tbilisi, Georgia playing the Georgian National Team.
Ex- SIU Saluki and ex-Illinois Wolves player Bryan Mullins is doing great for the Irish team, unfortunately the irish team is not a really strong team...
and with about 7 minutes to go in the game, Ireland trails 75-62...and looks like they will go to 1-5 in Group B of the European preliminaries for next year's 2010 world Championships.
If anyone wants to watch it live on Gametracker...it'll still be on for a few minutes right here...
Click the live link at the bottom right of this page...
http://www.eurobasket2009.org/en/cid_toT,ovGDH2EaLKL67XnPo2.pageID_TPN6UdELJPkAxYd5G1AGF1.compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.season_2009.roundID_6328.html

Bryan is having a good game - 18 pts, 2 rebs, but only 1 asst.

[EDIT: I am adding this later, and the game is now in the books. Georgia wins over Ireland 98-73.
Mullins had 18 pts (missed a three at the buzzer), 2 rebounds, and 1 asst., he was the leading scorer on both teams.
Ireland drops to 1-5 in Group B prelim play while Georgia goes to 5-1.]


Whoa...seems like a lot of Bruce Pearl's players and ex-players are in court or getting arrested ...
This time it's JaJuan Smith
http://www.govolsxtra.com/news/2009/aug/18/smith-arrested-assault/?partner=RSS

last week it was Ramar Smith
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2009/aug/13/armed-drug-charges-against-ex-vol-sent-grand-jury/
in just the past couple years....
Duke Crews, Anthony Passley, Jordan Smith, Jemere Hendrix, Andre Patterson....the list is nearing Bob Huggins-like quality...
Can anyone tell me how a coach can have that many players in just a couple years' span who turn out to have very, very serious criminal and drug issues?
Is talent the only thing some coaches EVER look at??



One of Indiana's verbals, a kid from out west, transferred to the Indiana high school that just
won the state title last spring, and is going to play right there in Bloomington, Indiana so he can begin working with the Indiana University trainersd and get a head start.
But, the IHSAA has held up the kid's eligibility as trasfers for athletic purposes are not allowed!
Wouldn't it be bizarre if the kid and his family move all the way across country and are not able to play there??
http://www.indystar.com/article/20090819/SPORTS0203/908190374/1160/SPORTS0203/IHSAA+puts+Carlino+on+hold



Ex-Duke basketball player Greg Paulus earns starting spot as quarterback on the Syracuse football team after trasferring to Syracuse for a 5th year of college.
http://www.journalstar.com/news/opinion/blogs/life-in-the-red/article_7d284af6-8c11-11de-a84c-001cc4c002e0.html