Daily Skinny (Sept. 17)-Big 10 preview, Memphis in Big East?, Pitt, day of hoops

[coolhandgopher]

Hey, I have to like these guys at Vegas Watch, even if I have no idea whatsoever about the statistics they use. I’d love to see the season unfold like this prediction:
http://vegaswatch.net/2009/09/2010-college-hoops-previews-big-ten.html

Memphis in the Big East? Makes sense for Memphis, but are more teams what this bloated conference needs? http://web.sny.tv/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090916&content_id=6998564&oid=30069.2&vkey=52

If Jamie Dixon returns Pitt to the NCAA tournament this season, give him Coach of the Year. Four starters exhausted their eligibility (including stalwarts Dejuan Blair, Levance Fields, and Sam Young), top reserve Gilbert Brown was ruled ineligible for first semester, and now Jermaine Dixon, the only remaining starter from last season, breaks his foot and will miss eight weeks:
http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/17199162

There’s plenty of reasons to criticize ESPN, but I do love this 24 hours of hoops concept. If I had the chance to watch games this day, I’d make sure I was tuning in at 8 am, noon, 7:30, 8 pm (Gonzaga-Michigan St) and 10 p.m. Sounds like heaven!
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?entryID=4478000&name=katz_andy

Lastly, National Hoops Report gives us their top 12 basketball books; some great choices on there, but they missed out on a couple of my favorites, The Last Shot and Eagle Blue:
http://nationalhoopsreport.blogspot...howComment=1253139326176#c8161676542949673894

 

[MillionMoves]

Thanks coolhand for the interesting links, especially the Vegas Watch previews.

I noticed the Big Ten does not have a single 5-star recruit this season, while the Big 12 has 6 of them and the ACC has 8, I believe.

 

[The Truth]

When you can't get into the SEC (or the Big 10) run to the Big East. See Memphis and Pitt respectively.

I just read an article where R.C. Johnson says "Please we really, really, really want to be in the SEC...but if we can't we'll take a spot in the Big East or the Pac 10." LoL.