Judge & McGruder finally produce on the same night for K-State.

Jacob Pullen and Curtis Kelly were suspeneded by the NCAA for taking impermissible benefits in the form of clothing from a local department store. So Coach Frank Martin need big contributions from everyone to hold off UMKC (University of Missouri-Kansas City). His two sophmores Rodney McGruder and Wally Judge who played together since AAU had successfully recorded great stats on the same night. Both were highly recruited by Frank Martin and his staff.

Small forward Rodney McGruder was stepping outside to make a career-high seven three-pointers on his way to 24 points, Wally Judge registered a double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds.

They took the game over UMKC 80-64 snapping their 2 game losing streak.



Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/2010/12/23/2540268/k-state-responds-by-bouncing-umkc.html#ixzz19SCFhXyH

Overlooked D2 talent, that are producing great numbers.

Adrian Mills - Attended Paul VI High School (VA). He is playing well in his junior season at Pace College (NY).

Averaging: 16.5 ppg  2.8 rpg




Danny Branch - Attened Archbishop Carroll High School (DC). He is now in his senior season at University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, and is putting up great stats.

Averaging: 17.3 ppg  4.6 apg  4.3 rpg

Brenden Straughn - Attended Elanor Roosevelt High School (MD). He is having a breakout junior season at Hood College in MD.

Averaging: 12 ppg  3.5 rpg  2.3 apg

Denzel Primus - Attended St. Johns High School (DC). Now is at Pace College (NY) for his freshman year and is recording freshman of the year numbers.

Averaging: 10.2 ppg  5.1 apg  1.9 rpg

Joel Barkers - Graduated from Blair High School (MD), then signed with the University of Hartford. He played basketball there 3 years, before transferring this past year to University of Central Missouri for his senior season.

Averaging: 7.6 ppg  6.2 rpg  57% fg

Darren Clark - Graduated from Largo High School (MD). He went to Lincoln University (PA) straight out of high school. After 2 disappointing seasons he is now close to home at Bowie State University

Averaging: 17.1 ppg  4.6 rpg  3.2 apg

Georgetown arguably has the best 3 guard combo in the country.

John Thompson III has done his job recruiting talent within his backyard. He has 3 of the best guards in the country all from the DMV area. Jason Clark, Chris Wright, and Austin Freeman are all veterans within the program. They have come to accept and learn how to play within their Princeton style offense. It is an offense of strategy which emphasizes constant motion, passing, and back-door cuts. As teams try to keep them from getting open back door cuts, they have forgotten to cover the 3pt line. Between Clark, Freeman, and Wright they are shooting an outstanding 44% from the 3pt line.

Austin Freeman: 18.5ppg  2.5rpg  2.1apg 

Jason Clark: 14.2ppg  4.2rpg  1.8apg  1.7spg

Chris Wright: 13.2ppg  6.7apg  2.8rpg  2spg  

 

 The Hoyas are now 10-1 after a recent loss to Temple. Nevertheless the Hoyas aren’t the #15 team in the country for no reason. This is a team without depth from the bench, so they heavily depend on this trio to show up and perform highly every night and so far they have not disappointed. They have played 11 games and in 10 of those games, one of these guards has led the team in scoring.

Georgetown won their last game versus Loyola (Md) at home 99-75. They have protected home court and are 5-0 in the Verizon Center.

They have tough task at hand on Dec 23^rd when they go into Memphis. This should be a great matchup, with two teams who have great guard play.

Josh Selby makes the best of his debut.

Selby after being suspended by the NCAA for nine games, came back today to help his Kansas Jayhawks contiune their 66 home game winning streak.

Selby was 5-8 from the 3pt line today, but no shot was bigger than his game clinching one. With 26 seconds left on the clock, the ball swung to Selby and he raised up and drained a deep 3 pointer to put Kansas up over USC 69-68. The Jayhawks were able to hold off USC with some great defense with seconds remaining.

Josh Selby stat line: 21 pts 5 rebs 1 ast 4 to

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http://www.kansan.com/news/2010/dec/18/selby-shines-debut/

Creek works toward potential

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http://www.idsnews.com/news/story.aspx?id=79010

McGruder has been hot from deep lately.

Kansas State has won all of their 4 games after losing to #1 Duke, making them 8-1 on the season. The main reason they are is because of Rodney McGruder. McGruder has had 3 double digit games out of the last 4. He has been hot from behind the arc shooting 12-23 (52%).

Frank Martin has even been satisfied with McGruder's play saying "I am not happy with what we are getting from our twos so I figured it was time to try someone else,” said Martin. “I am not very happy now with our wing play, with the exception of Rodney McGruder."

Rodney stats: 11.3ppg  6.6rpg  2.1apg  1.0spg

They have a tough test against Florida on 12/18, which should be a good matchup between Kenny Boynton and McGruder.

Bowie State is 4-0 on the backs of Clark & Vann

The Bulldogs are on a roll, they are 4-0 and have played a tough schedule. They have beat to top 25 teams in Clark Alanta University and Indiana Pennsylvania University. In addition they are missing their former defensive player of the year in 7 foot Travis Hyman. So look for the bulldogs to only get better as the season goes along.

Darren Clark is a former Largo High School player, is now playing for the bulldogs after tranferring from Lincoln University (PA) this year.

Clark right now is averaging 17.8 ppg  3.8 rpg  3.2 apg

Eric Vann is a former Gwynn Park High School player. He attended Prince Georges Community College before going to Bowie State and was a Juco All-American.

Vann is now averaging 20.3 ppg  3.0 rpg  3.1 spg

Galloday & Baber produce for The Mount even in a loss

Mount St. Mary's built an eight-point second-half lead but was edged at Niagara, 65-63, Monday night at the Gallagher Center.
The Mount had a chance to win at the buzzer, but freshman Julian Norfleet's 3-point attempt was long.

Freshaman David Galladay had 16 points on 6-of-11 shooting to pace the Mount while Lamar Trice and Raven Barber added 13 points each Raven Barber added 13 points each. Barber added a career high nine rebounds for the Mount, going 6-of-6 from the field. Five of Barber's six field goals in the game were dunks.

The Mount held a 49-41 after a Golladay three-pointer with just over 12 minutes left in the game. Niagara responded with a 7-0 run to get back in the game and tied the score at 53-53 with 7:40 on the clock.
Golladay gave the Mount a 56-53 advantage with a traditional three-point play with 7:16 left in the second half. Niagara's Jones answered with a traditional three-point play on the next possession to even the score. Niagra had a couple late scores and few stops to put them ahead. Late in the game with a few seconds The Mount had a chance to win at the buzzer, but freshman Julian Norfleet's 3-point attempt was long.

David Golladay
 led Mount St Mary's in scoring
against Niagra

Kris Joseph, Syracuse Barely Avoid Upset Against William & Mary

Kris Joseph helped keep No. 10 Syracuse from giving William & Mary its first win of the season in shocking fashion.

Joseph scored 18 points, including four of the Orange's last five, as No. 10 Syracuse (4-0) held off William & Mary (0-3) 63-60 . .....


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Josh Selby is now back in practice but has to miss 9 games

Kansas freshman guard Josh Selby must sit out nine regular-season games for accepting improper benefits, the NCAA announce Friday. He will be eligible to play Dec. 18 against Southern California.......

Read: More: http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-basketball/story/2010-11-19/ncaa-orders-jayhawks-selby-to-sit-out-nine-games#ixzz16E5sxVD9

6 former DC Assualt players suited up in the Kansas State vs Duke Matchup

#1 Duke faced a tough opponent in #4 Kansas State in the championship of O'Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic It was a tough and grind it out game, but Duke led all 40 minutes. Early in the second half Kansas State pulled within 3 points but the Blue Devils remained solid and maintained a comfortable lead. Duke had a stellar performance from freshman point guard Kyrie Irving, along veteran guard Nolan Smith. They both led their team in scoring with 17 points and recording 5 rebounds apiece. A tough nosed Duke team frustrated and did a good of containing Kansas States players all night holding Wally Judge scoreless. Also, they slowed down K-State's leading scorers in Jacob Pullen (3pts) and Rodney McGruder (7pts). Jamar Samuels came to play recording 12pts 6rebs.In Duke's first game versus a ranked opponent they came to  played all pulled out a 82-68 victory

Tyler Thornton and Josh Hairston played sparingly, but look for them to come along as the season progresses

A few players that are doing well but flying under the radar

Kendall Marshall- UNC

Averaging: 10 ppg 2 rpg 3 apg

CJ Fair- Syracuse

Averaging: 8.5 ppg 3.5 rpg .5 bpg

Thomas Robinson- Kansas

Averaging: 12 ppg 8.5 rpg 1.5 apg

Ayodeji Egebeyemi- Loyola Marymount

Averaging: 7 ppg 2.5 rpg

Naji Hibbert- Texas A&M

Averaging: 11 ppg 1.5 rpg

Victor Oladipo- Indiana

Averaging: 5.5 ppg 3.5 apg .5 bpg

Joston Thomas- Hawaii

Averaging: 12.7 ppg 5.3 rpg 1.7 bpg

Cerick Lindsay- Richmond

Averaging: 11 ppg 4 apg 2.5 rpg

Brandon Young career at Depaul looks bright.

Young in season opener orchestrated his team to a victory over Northwood 107-62. The Blue Demons looked well, having 5 players in double figures. One of those players was Young, he played 25 minutes. His stats were 5-9 fg 6-10 ft equaling 17pts, 4ast, 3reb, 3stls, 3to.

Young in his next appearance they played Lewis College. Young struggled slightly with 6 costly turnovers, but being a freshman in only his second collegiate it is understandable. They took a loss to Lewis 70-68. Brandon stats were 4-7 fg 10pts, 2ast, 3reb, 5stls, 6to.

  Oliver Purnell talks highly of his freshman class

Read More:       http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20101112/sports/711139771/

GW’s Lasan Kromah out with indefinitely with foot injury

......Kromah sprained his left foot last month.

The school said Friday he will likely need surgery......

Read More: http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/college/basketball/view/20101113gws__lasan_kromah_out_with_indefinitely_with_foot_injury/

In season opener Jackson leads Morgan State to victory

Morgan State played a tough opener against Loyola Marymount on friday night. Loyola Marymount led 58-43 with just under 14 minutes to play. The Bears erased a that 15-point second-half deficit behind a torrid night from Jackson, who was 7 of 11 from the 3-point line and 10 of 18 overall.

Morgan State pulled out a 81-79 victory.

Dewayne Jackdon stats:  31 Pts, 4 Reb, 3 Ast, 3 Stl, 1 Blk  

 

 

Chris Braswell makes solid performance against South Carolina State.

The SCST Bulldogs never led after the final seconds in the first half. Chris Baswell was a big time contributor in their win. He took limted shots, but managed to goto the charity strike 17 times making 11 of them. He played 23 minutes shooting 2-4 fg, 15 points, 7 reb, 1stl in their 90-81 victory.

Emporia State forward ‘proud’ of KU’s Thomas Robinson

 

Read article:

http://www2.kusports.com/photos/2010/nov/09/202344/

 

Rodney McGruder leads K-State in scoring as they surpass Washbun Univ.

Rodney McGruder led with a game-high 18 points, the Kansas State men’s basketball team closed out the exhibition portion of the 2010-11 season with a 90-44 drubbing of the Washburn Ichabods.

McGruder, who only missed on field goal attempt in the contest, was on fire from beyond the arc, draining all five of his attempts in the game. Overall, the Wildcats converted on 45.5 percent of their 3-point shots, hitting 10-of-22 from downtown.

 



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Indiana goes into overtime with Division 2 school Ferris State

Victor Oladipo watches as Maurice Creek goes to lay the ball up.
Creek finished with 15 points

.....In a game in which IU trailed NCAA Division II foe Ferris State by 13 with seven minutes to play and by nine with just over two minutes remaining, Oladipo ignited a comeback. He scored IU's final eight points of regulation, including a clutch four-point play, as the Hoosiers rallied to force overtime, then raced to a 78-65 victory in Assembly Hall........

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http://www.indystar.com/article/20101109/SPORTS0601/11090315/Oladipo-helps-IU-get-by-Ferris-State?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CIndyStar.com%7Cs

Pittsburgh's Talib Zanna plays solid in his first career start

Talib in his first career start he played 20min:

4-6 fg, 9 points, 11 rebounds and 2 blocks

as they beat Rhode Island 83-75 in their first game of the season

 

 

Zanna in his second start vs University of Illinois-Chicago

they won 97-54. He contributed 17min and was

1-2 fg, 2 points, 5 rebound

 

 

Former Dematha standout Victor Oladipo impresses crowd at midnight madness



The 6-5 guard from Hyattsville, Md., assembled a group of eight elementary school-aged children and had them huddle in the lane. He then took off, and spread his legs apart as he went airborne over the group and slammed it........

                                  

Read more: http://www.indystar.com/article/20101016/SPORTS0601/10160331/1068/SPORTS06/Oladipo-gets-IU-started

Oladipo jumps over eight kids at midnight madness.

Can Kris Joseph be Syracuse's go-to guy?

From best supporting actor to the role of leading man.

That’s the challenge Kris Joseph faces this season.

Last season, Joseph excelled as the first player off the bench for the Syracuse Orange basketball team. He scored 10.8 points per game; third on the team behind Wes Johnson and Andy Rautins. His 5.5 rebounds per contest also ranked third on the Orange..........

Read more: http://blog.syracuse.com/orangebasketball/2010/10/can_kris_joseph_be_syracuses_g.html

Will Barton of the Memphis Tigers is named to C-USA preseason 2nd team

Barton, a consensus top-15 national recruit, comes to Memphis after playing at Brewster Academy in New Hampshire in 2009-10. In his one season at Brewster, the 6-foot-6 guard averaged 20.8 points in helping lead the Bobcats to a 35-4 overall record and the National Prep Championship crown. Barton was named the MVP of the National Prep Championship tournament after scoring 24 points in the title game. He was also selected the New England Preparatory School Athletic Conference (NEPSAC) Class A Player of the Year for 2009-10.

Following the 2009-10 campaign, Barton played in two all-star games. The Baltimore, Md., native scored 15 points in the Jordan Brand Classic, which was played in Madison Square Garden in New York City. He also participated in the Nike Hoops Summit, which was held in Portland, Ore

Kansas wonder if Selby can fill Sherron Collins shoes.

...... He is Josh Selby, a 6-foot-2 freshman guard from Baltimore who was rated the No. 1 overall player in the 2010 class by Rivals.com. Self went out o
f his way to compare Selby to Collins, saying Selby reminds him of a “bigger Sherron,” and why not? This is Kansas, and, as Self enters his eighth season in Lawrence, he understands that Selby’s Jayhawks will be as good or better than Collins’ Jayhawks for no other reason than that they have to be......

Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/2010/10/12/2306786/ku-looks-to-selby-to-fill-void.html

Some of the DMV finest make John R. Wooden preseason top 50 list.

The DMV has been represented well in college basketball over the last few years. Some of the most phenomenal players have gone through the college ranks and carried their skills onto the NBA. The players are NCAA tourney MVP, Carmelo Anthony, 2007 player of the year Kevin Durant, Michael Beasley, Tywon Lawson, Donte Green, Jeff Green and a few other names.

    So for the 2010-2011 year a few players who played their high school basketball in the D.C, Maryland and Virginia area have made the prestigious John R. Wooden preseason top 50 list.

*Malcolm Delaney - Virginia Tech’s 6’3 shooting guard from Baltimore, MD. Malcolm averaged 20.2ppg 3.7rpg 4.4apg last season.

*Kris Joseph – Syracuse’s 6’7 wingman from Montreal, Canada, but attended high school in the greater DC area for his junior and senior year. Also, he played for DC Assault on the AAU circuit. Joseph averaged 10.8ppg 5.1rpg 1.7ast 1.3spg last season. Those stats helped him become Big East Sixth man of the year.

*Nolan Smith – Duke’s 6’2 point/ shooting guard is from Upper Marlboro, MD. He attended a few neighboring high schools in Maryland before transferring to Oak Hill academy. Smith averaged 17.4ppg 2.8rpg 3.0apg, which helped lead his team to a National Championship

*Austin Freeman – Georgetown’s 6’4 shooting guard from Mitchellville, MD attended powerhouse DeMatha Catholic high school. Freeman averaged 16.5ppg 3.5rpg 2.4apg

Quinn Cook's Slam magazine article.

Quinn Cook, a rising senior at Oak Hill Academy in Virginia, is one of the top recruits in the country. He has currently narrowed his college list down to Villanova, Duke, North Carolina, UCLA, and Kansas. The 6-1, 180-pound guard from Maryland transferred this summer to national powerhouse Oak Hill Academy............

Read the rest of the article below.

http://www.slamonline.com/online/college-hs/high-school/2010/10/quinn-cook-joins-slam/

Dematha's Mikael Hopkins commits to Georgetown.

   

DeMatha forward Mikael Hopkins on Tuesday night committed to play for Georgetown.
Hopkins, who is 6 feet 9 and 215 pounds, picked the Hoyas after considering Maryland, Virginia Tech, Miami, West Virginia, Texas and Ohio State.
"I feel as though i fit [Georgetown's] system well," Hopkins said. "And it's close to home and I have a little sister who I want to have come to my games."
Hopkins said he also liked Georgetown's "tradition of getting big men to the [NBA] and their program. THey have a great program

Dewayne Jackson receives preseason All-Conference honors.

Yesterday, Morgan State had two players be voted onto the All-MEAC First Team, Dewayne Jackson was one them.  Jackson was MEAC Rookie of the year last season.

Jackson is a 6’8 210 swingman/slasher that started 11 games, recording 10points and 4reb per game. With Jackson and expected MEAC player of the year Kevin Thompson, the MSU Bears are expected to be the MEAC champs for a third year in a row.

Garvey Young leaves Vermont University and tranfers to Quinnipiac University

Check out this article:

  http://www.quinnipiacbobcats.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=17500&ATCLID=205002537

Team Takeover Dominates AAU Circuit this past Summer

http://www.washingtoninformer.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4580:-team-takeover-dominates-aau-basketball-&catid=47:sports&Itemid=199

Roy Williams talks about UNC point guard situation.

"Marshall, meanwhile, has a remarkably high hoops IQ that will give him a shot at winning the starting point guard spot from Drew at some point this season."


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UMass basketball guard Daryl Traynham cleared to play in 2010-11

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http://www.masslive.com/sports/index.ssf/2010/09/umass_basketball_guard_daryl_t.html

No Doubting Thornton's Winning Ways

 














by Al Featherston, GoDuke.com

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