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Isiah Thomas' FIU Drops Exhibition To NAIA Team

The Isiah Thomas Era at Florida International began, well, exactly how you figured it would. With a loss to an NAIA school.

Isiah Thomas lost his coaching debut at Florida International on Wednesday night when Northwood, an NAIA school coached By Rollie Massimino, beat the Panthers 71-61 in an exhibition game.

I know, it's just an exhibition game, but it's not like things are gonna get much easier for the Panthers. They have four days to figure out how they can possibly stay on the court with the defending national champions, No. 6 North Carolina. I'm sure it will go well.

Rest easy tonight, Isiah. Take solace in knowing that this still isn't anywhere near as bad as what Syracuse did last night.

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by Sean Keeley • Nov 4, 2009 11:20 PM EST

Marcus Jordan Wearing Nikes After All

A few weeks after a deal between adidas and UCF threatened the special permission Marcus Jordan supposedly received to wear his dad’s Air Jordan shoes on the court, Jordan has apparently decided to say screw it and wear the shoes anyway. This should go over well with the three-stripe:

A source tells BHSN’s David Baumann that despite the school’s deal with Adidas, Jordan will wear Nike’s Air Jordan shoes in Wednesday night’s exhibition game against Saint Leo. Jordan did wear the Air Jordan sneakers in the team’s scrimmage on Sunday.

I’m still not exactly sure I get what the big deal is here. I know a thing or two about brand loyalty (Lucky Strikes for life!), but this is beyond me. Or maybe brand loyalty is just that much stronger when your own dad literally is the brand you’re loyal to.

Hmm. I need to invent some sort of cool clothing. My hypothetical kids will do whatever I say!

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by Eamonn Brennan • Nov 4, 2009 7:17 PM EST

Sure, They Lost: But Syracuse's Coaches Got Skills Yo!

Courtesy of SB Nation’s Syracuse blog, Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magican, comes video of a ‘Cuse assistant coach freestyle rapping:

See? If last night’s exhibition basketball game had been decided by a battle rap, then Syracuse obviously would have won. Sadly, the only exhibitions decided by “impromptu rapping skills” are NBA summer league games... Oh well.

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by Andrew Sharp • Nov 4, 2009 2:19 PM EST

ESPN's Len Bias Documentary Offers Few Answers

When Len Bias died, I was but a mere toddler. A sports blogging prodigy-to-be, just learning to string together poorly constructed fart jokes. Therefore, I have no memories of Bias. I know he was a great college player, who was drafted by the Celtics and died shortly thereafter of a cocaine overdose. That’s about it.

So I went into last night’s 30-for-30 documentary “Without Bias” with high hopes that I’d learn more about the man, and his tragic passing. Unfortunately, I did not.

Chris Littmann at The Sporting Blog has a fine review of the film, as does our own Searching for Billy Edelin, both of which share the same opinion as me: The doc answered nothing. Essentially, it was an hour-long play-by-play of the night Bias died, with a dash of politics thrown in (about a five minute tangent on how Bias’ death led to ridiculous mandatory minimum drug convictions, which may be true, but seemed awkwardly patched into the storyline).

We certainly didn’t learn whether or not this was Bias’ first time experimenting with coke, or if he was a regular user, which seemed to be the big breakthrough the film was searching to accomplish. Because it definitely wasn’t meant to be about Bias, the basketball player. This film was about Bias, the possible, but maybe not, although maybe he was, drug abuser. And if that was the focus, it failed to paint any sort of definitive picture. There were conflicting opinions from every angle — friends, family, teammates, journalists — none of which seemed to corroborate one another.

But what do I know? Watch for yourself at 10 p.m. ET tonight on ESPN2 when they re-air “Without Bias.” And if you already saw it, feel free to share your thoughts in the comments.

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by Chris Mottram • Nov 4, 2009 9:24 AM EST

Sizing Up The Pac-10 Prospects

Yesterday this tweet from Sports Illustrated's Arash Markazi raised a few eyebrows:

I don't see a single Pac-10 player going in the first round of the NBA Draft next year and maybe just 2-3 going in the second.

Really? Not one? Not even Abdul Gaddy? An interesting point, and one worth investigating with Chris Dobbertean's Pac-10 preview over at Blogging the Bracket. But even worse than questioning Pac-10 talent, Markazi is overlooking the biggest baller in the country!

Percy Miller! Also known as Lil Romeo, also known as the Trojans' backup point guard who might actually play this year because USC lost so much talent. And NBA talent or not, if that ain't worth watchin... I mean, how many point guards do you know that have also done a Christmas dance song with Hilary Duff?

Yo Hilary... This Romeo.

And you know what? I'm gon' make 'em dance this Christmas.

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by Andrew Sharp • Oct 30, 2009 5:14 PM EDT

Meet Siena's Just-in'love Smith

If it’s actual on-court college basketball previews you’re after, check out SB Nation’s Blogging the Bracket and Searching for Billy Edelin. But if you want a whimsical preseason All-American list that has nothing whatsoever to do with performance, check out Storming the Court’s Preseason All-Name Team.

The captain of the All-Name Team? Has to be this guy:

What makes this name so brilliant is that it’s all in the punctuation. If it was simply "Justin Love Smith," he’d be a scrub on the All-Name team. But no. This man has a hyphen AND an apostrophe in his first name. Plus, he served in Iraq for four years before returning to basketball and transferring to Siena prior to this season.

In hindsight, the second part is what really makes Just-in’love awesome. But still: great name.

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by Chris Mottram • Oct 29, 2009 11:48 AM EDT

Hey, Look! College Basketball's Top 25

The start of college basketball is still a few weeks away, but that doesn’t mean we can’t start thinking about it now! The first ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll was released today, and Kansas—with Cole Aldrich and Sherron Collins pairing with superstar freshman Xavier Henry—tops the list. Michigan State, Texas, North Carolina, and Kentucky round out the top five… Now get to arguing!

(Really though, Texas is better than Kansas, and Big Ten basketball is an apocalypse. Yes, even you guys, Tom Izzo and Michigan State.)

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by Andrew Sharp • Oct 29, 2009 8:47 AM EDT

James Naismith Did WHAT to Babies?

This profile of Dr. James Naismith from the New York Times made for an enjoyable read, and one definitely worth checking out. He was something of a renaissance man. Although, one couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow at this passage:

Naismith was a far more progressive thinker than century-old black-and-white images of him holding a basketball would suggest…

A minister as well as a medical doctor, he quickly realized that taller players had an advantage in basketball and wondered if there was a way to stretch babies to make them grow taller.

In 1907, he said his theory was that “the body is more or less elastic” and that “by stretching the body 30 minutes a day for six months, it will lengthen two inches.”

He thought the best time to stretch individuals was from 5 months to a year old.

Really? He stretched babies? That’s… Uhh… Unsettling. And raises so many questions.

What else do we not know about the congenial, grandfatherly figure who spawned basketball? Did he also practice alchemy in his spare time? And what about the peach basket? Was that just an elaborate contraption for baby stretching?

(HT to Mr. Brennan for this disturbing news).

by Andrew Sharp • Oct 26, 2009 2:20 PM EDT

Positive Thinking and SEC Basketball

John Calipari is known for a lot of things. Depending on who you ask, he's either a con man ruining college basketball, a players' coach that's enlightened beyond his peers, or some combination therein, covered in gobs of hair gel.

But no matter your stance on Coach Cal, his abilities as salesman are pretty much beyond reproach. Though, even for him, his latest claim is pretty audacious. From his Twitter feed earlier today:

Headed back to Lexington for practice. I told the media the SEC should get 7 or 8 teams in the NCAA Tournament this year.

The emphasis was added. Seven or eight?!? This is the SEC we're talking about. And with all due respect to the conferences distinguished athletic traditions of autumn, winter just ain't their season. Beyond Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mississippi State, and probably Vanderbilt, the pickings get real slim, real quick.

Meaning there are only two ways for Calipari's prediction to come true:

SEC football players play. I'd bet a million dollars that Georgia's A.J. Green could find a way take the Bulldogs to the big dance.
Coaches treats the selection committee as SEC teams traditionally treat recruits. Which is to say, lots of envelopes stuffed with hundred dollar bills. That'd work, too.

(HT: This guy looks familiar)

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by Andrew Sharp • Oct 22, 2009 4:25 PM EDT

Morgan's Injury Leaves UCLA Re'ling

Well, UCLA’s ’09 basketball season is getting off on the wrong foot. Err… Wrong shoulder. Or groin. Or knee. Or ankle. Or the wrong… concussed brain?

In any case, six Bruins are currently on the injured list, as the AP Reports:

J’mison Morgan has a swollen left knee, making him the sixth UCLA basketball player to be injured since practice began last week. […]

Jerime Anderson (left groin), James Keefe (left shoulder), Malcolm Lee (concussion), Brendan Lane (left ankle) and Mike Moser (lower back) are the other injured scholarship players.

Damn. Rough start for the Bruins, no? But how ‘bout some of those names. They may not have the players to beat Cal-State Fullerton in their opener on Nov. 17th, but they’ve certainly got some creatively spelled first names that’ll confuse the scorekeeper.

(Okay, so they’ll beat Fullerton regardless.)

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by Andrew Sharp • Oct 21, 2009 4:22 PM EDT

John Calipari On Midnight Madness: 'Best I Ever Had, Best I Ever Haddd'

Well, say this for Kentucky's John Calipari: As players' coaches go, he's certainly one of the hippest ones in the business. USC's Pete Carrol, for example, might have invited Snoop Dogg to a USC practice and considered it a roaring success. Borrrring. Not Calipari, though, who brought in Drake, hip hop's fastest rising star, to act as an honorary coach at Kentucky's Midnight Madness this past Friday.

With Calipari, Drake, and Kentucky's uber-recruit John Wall all in the same place, I'm frankly a bit surprised the universe didn't collapse under the weight of all the expectations and hype regarding those three.

(But regardless, at least nobody stole a cop's gun and shot a toilet. Because that would be... weird, Georgetown, just weird.)

UPDATE: Louisville fans, sadly were forced to endure another week of Steve Kragthorpe coaching, and a Drake parody.

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by Andrew Sharp • Oct 19, 2009 2:02 PM EDT

Marcus Ginyard's Inanimate, Completely Perfect Lunch Date

North Carolina's Marcus Ginyard enjoys many aspects of the college experience--that's why he's staying a fifth year to finish out his eligibility. But chief among those pleasures has got to be winning constantly, as his Tar Heels took home the National Championship last year.

Or... His first love could be the food at Chapel Hill's famous Sutton's drug store. Food or winning, winning or food, food or winning, winning or fo--why not both?

That would be the National Championship trophy, along with what looks like tomato soup and a grilled cheese. Annnnd now I want some tomato soup. And a grilled cheese. And I'm also jealous of Marcus Ginyard, who gets to walk around with a National Championship trophy all day. But mostly I just want a grilled cheese.

(HT: Ginyard's Twitpic)

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by Andrew Sharp • Oct 14, 2009 3:45 PM EDT