2nd annual King James Shooting Stars Classic

Don't forget the 2nd annual King James Shooting Stars Classic. It will air on some local FSN stations and possibly on Fox College Sports on April 29. A couple of websites from Ohio have some information: NEObasketball.com, and City of Akron. More details as they become available.


New Commitments and Transfers

Day 1 of the Spring Signing period has been marred by the tragic shooting events at Virginia Tech.

The Hodge Report at CSTV follows all the commitments, decommitments and transfers. Visit their website for all the details. Here is my opinion on the two high profile happenings:

The biggest surprise was talented freshman forward Phil Nelson going to Portland State. He is a very promising and talented forward, and I am quite suprirsed he is going to a Big Sky school. He could have easily been a starter at a BCS school by the time he was eligible after the transfer (2008-2009 season). Unless of course there was another reason that caused the transfer back to the state of Oregon.

Alex Legion was released by Michigan after new head coach John Beilein was installed. According to CSTV the other teams that were interested in Legion before he committed to Michigan were: Arizona, Florida (they could use anyone they can get their hands on), Illinois, Kansas, Kansas State (with Huggins), Notre Dame and UCLA. ALex Legion profile at CSTV.com

Other transfers at: Vermont (another one), Michigan (another one), St bonaventure, and Idaho.

2008 class gains: Syracuse, Butler

Penn State gets a JuCo (yes, not a typo!)

For all the details visit the Hodge Report at CSTV .