Daily Skinny (Sept. 11)-Arkansas, Gopher recruits, Larry Drew Jr., Vitale

[coolhandgopher]

Arkansas basketball continues its negative off the court news which seems to have followed this program since the ugly divorce with Nolan Richardson.
http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/story/12185566

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/story/12186982

From Jody Demling’s blog, I surmise that the Gophers are no longer recruiting Aaron Cosby but have begun to show interest in a Kentucky prep, Treg Setty. (scroll about halfway down the page to “early morning nuggets”):
http://www.courier-journal.com/blogs/demling/blog.html

I’ve seen a lot of preseason polls with North Carolina very high in the rankings, but I’m a skeptic due to their uncertain point guard situation and this article doesn’t make me any more confident in Larry Drew Jr. at this point of his development:
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/news?slug=jn-drew090909&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

I’m pretty critical of Dick Vitale, but this is a great gesture on his part:
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/se...udents-after-bradenton-cheerle/news-breaking/

 

[GVBadger]

I’ve seen a lot of preseason polls with North Carolina very high in the rankings, but I’m a skeptic due to their uncertain point guard situation and this article doesn’t make me any more confident in Larry Drew Jr. at this point of his development:
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/news?slug=jn-drew090909&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

I’m pretty critical of Dick Vitale, but this is a great gesture on his part:
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/se...udents-after-bradenton-cheerle/news-breaking/

Was not impressed with Drew when Jordan Taylor outplayed him at the Target Center a couple of years ago. Give him a different last name and he may not be at UNC.

Think what you want about Vitale, but the guy is incredibly dedicated to charity and that gesture does not surprise me one bit.

 

[Jim V2]

Think what you want about Vitale, but the guy is incredibly dedicated to charity and that gesture does not surprise me one bit.

How good a guy Vitale is has essentially nothing to do with how annoying he is to listen to, and vice versa.

 

[SelectionSunday]

"How good a guy Vitale is has essentially nothing to do with how annoying he is to listen to, and vice versa."

Well said Jim.