Bruce Weber gets lucky!

Goodbye Text Messaging, Hello Carrier Pigeons! The NCAA passed a ban of text messaging starting in August. The issue will be revisited in 2008. This was a great move as it is a pro-student-athlete move. Obviously the coaches are going to whine and bitch, but they are (obviously) biased in this issue.

Finally, after so many unlucky breaks, Bruce Weber gets lucky! He gets Michael Jordan's son to walk-on on his team. I don't think people understand how important this is, especially for a low-profile average-Joe type of coach like Bruce Weber. Getting the blessing of Air Judden is huge! (Would be still go there if Illinois beat North Carolina in the 2005 NCAA final?). But regardless of all that, this is a huge get for Bruce Weber, I cannot emphasize that enough! Remember, poor Bruce Weber lost the Helen of Troy (Eric Gordon) to Kelvin "500-calls" Sampson, and in-state player Jon Scheyer coached by his own brother went to play in the Cavern of Coach Dracula-K.

More details at the Hodge Report on CSTV

Win players: VMI, Santa Barbie, E.Michigan, more mid-majors

Lose players: No one!

Transfers: A bench player from the Tony Bennett show ends up peeling potatoes (not quite)

A Sea of Blue discusses a report that Billy Gillispie is offering another wing, has an update on highly-sought after Greg Monroe (2008 class). This is also discussed at a University of Spoiled Children blog (just kidding USC fans!)



King James Shooting Stars Classic TV update

Live TV Schedule

According to my very secret inside sources (TV listings LOL), the game will air live, on Sunday April 29, at 3pm PT/6pm ET from the JAR Arena in Akron, Ohio, on three regional FSNs: Ohio, New York, and FSN-Chowd (Jim Rome term for New England). There will also be a pre-game show 30 minutes beforehand starting at 230pm PT/530pm ET... The game will repeat on a handful of regional FSNs later in the week. Check local listings for all that.

Tape delayed nation-wide TV Schedule The final game will air nationally tape-delayed on Fox College Sports in a two hour timeslot. The airtimes as of right now are the following. (Please keep in mind the Fox College Sports schedule can change without notice, so double-check if you are going to be taping it!)

Tuesday May 1, 7am PT/10am ET, Fox College Sports

Saturday May 5, 10pm PT/1am ET, Fox College Sports

Sunday May 6, 11pm PT/2am ET, Fox College Sports

Monday May 7, 7pm PT/10pm ET, Fox College Sports

Since we were just talking about TV, the McDonalds and Jordan Classic games will repeat on ESPNU the next couple of weeks. I have banned TV listings of ESPNU (from my blogs) until ESPN and Comcast come to a common-sense agreement to carry the network. If you are not familiar with the situation, the silly big-wigs at Comcast want to carry it in the digital cable Sports Tier (additional $5 per month), while the silly big-wigs at ESPN want it to be in the entry-level digital tier. This silly dispute is keeping ESPNU from becoming available to millions of sports fans! I am not a big fan of "shaming", but shame on ESPN and Comcast for this silliness!