Spring Signing Period Starts Today!

Thanks to A Sea of Blue for the link! A Sea of Blue is a Big Blue Nation website, but its coverage of college basketball is extensive and of interest to all hardcore college basketball fans.

The Spring Signing Period officially begins today! The Hodge Report at CSTV has the latest updates including LSU, Wyoming, Iowa State, the silver fox of the South (Bobby Cremins), Cincy, Baylor (a 2010 player, how crazy is that?)... Meanwhile Tim Floyd just got a Trio (no, not the german music group of the 80s famous for Da-Da-Da), all from SoCal and in the class of 2008.

Don't forget the Jordan Classic, live this Saturday from MSG on ESPN2 and ESPN2-HD (do not know if the broadcast will be in HD).

The switch to Blogger2 has been completed! I will be experimenting with labels (aka tags) and other new features in the next few days


Reverse Recruiting - A very unofficial definition: When a coach recruits a player back to the program, either from the NBA draft or after a coaching change.

A Sea of Blue has a story on DeAndre Jordan deciding to remain at Texas A&M and not follow Billy G to Kentucky.

Usually there is too much pressure on the player, parents and departing coach and new school not to take players with them, so it's very rare that we see a player follow a coach (for example Padgett wanted to go with Ole Roy to UNC but the pressure not to do that was such that Padgett went to Louisville.

Speaking of which, coverage of the NBA draft as it affects college basketball at NCAA Hoops Today