Weekend Update

Rob Harrington of the online edition of the multi-color fishwrap wonders who will take over the class of 2008?.

He also posts his initial class rankings of 2008

CNNSI.com talks about Greg Monroe being a force. And who will be the lucky team and coach to sign him for at least one year?

Good news for the CAA according to the Hodge Report of CSTV as UNC Wilmington boldy goes (bald) and gets a 2008 forward.

Yes, all the silly puns are intended, although not necessarily funny. If they were, I would be on Comedy Central :)

Goodman blogs about Florida;s new center. Dick Hoops Weiss chimes in as well.

Goodman also talks about Billy Gillespie's recruiting efforts at Kentucky. Also at FireBilly

Kentucky recruiting thoughts at A Sea of Blue

Marshall picks up some of the Zags magic as they get P-Mac as a transfer. P-Mac is short for Pierre Marie Altidor Cespedes (I did not cut/paste folks, I typed it all in!). P-Mac was grandfathered in the now doomed (and deemed free agency rule) that was rescinded. But he petitioned and he was grandfathered in so he will be eligible to play in 2007-2008, his final year of eligibility. New head coach Donnie Jones (former Florida assistant) is stockpiling talent and hopes to take advantages of the vacuum of power at the top of Conference USA behind the Calipari Experiment and the loaded UAB squad.

The George Mason blog says that Coach L is pursuing four players from the DC Assault AAU team, three in 2009 and one in 2010.

The Indiana Hoosiers are considering a new arena. The Kelvin Sampson effect?

Minnessota recruiting news at Paging Jim Shikenjanski

Seton Hall recruiting at the Big East Basketball Repor(t)

Latest updates

Latest updates from CSTV's Hodge Repor(t) include Villanova getting a local 2009 guard, Billy the Diva Donovan getting a local 2008 center on the heels of his five players getting drafted by the NBA last night. A former Tubby Smith commit at Kentucky goes to Izzo State, while Kelvin "500+ calls" Sampson loses a 2008 commit. For all the details and player profiles visit CSTV's Hodge Repor(t)


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Latest updates

The latest news from the Hodge Report at CSTV: LaSalle gets a new player but is he as good as Bill Raftery? :) New players added by Kentucky, Hofstra, Long Beach State and Seton Hall. Half a dozen players transfers out to smaller schools for more playing time, including players from Miami, Houston, Rutgers, and Lousiana Tech. For all the details and player profiles check the Hodge Report at CSTV

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New news

Latest news from The Hodge Report on CSTV: Tony Bennett's singing abilities got him a local 2009 guard, while some players have announced their new transfer destinations, including Johnny Wolf (formerly of Xavier) and Bryson Krueger (ex of Arizona State). Adding new players were a couple of mid-majors. Their updates include contributions from TexasHoops.com

NBA Draft TV schedule here

Monday Night Hoops

Latest news from the Hodge Report of CSTV: Majerus continues to scoop up recruits as if they were plates at an all you can eat buffet (sorry, I couldn't resist saying that), while Arizona picks up a top 100 center that recently decommitted from PitinoVille. Check CSTV for details, player profiles and more. Free of charge.

Randy Hill takes a critical look at the youth movement at Fox Sports. This was inspired by the recent commitment of Ryan Boatwright to Tim Floyd's USC Trojans... Randy mentions that top 100s of zygotes. I already did that and i'm working on a pre-embryonic top 100, but I have a lot of tape to go through first! :-)

A Sea of blue has a number of recruiting updates including DeAndre Liggins and Draymond Green.

Quick updates from Dick Hoops Weiss on HoopGroup's Metro Classic, Malik Wayns, Devin Ebanks, Hakeem Harris and Mike Quick. Bookmark his blog!

The George Mason Basketball blog also opines on recruiting the babies.

Webcasts of games at HSBNetwork.net

Very few high school and summer AAU basketball games are available on TV, but thanks to the internet, you can watch as many as you like. One of the websites on the frontier of this is HSBNetwork.tv. The games are available On-Demand from their website. Free access by signing up for the free Ballers All-Star Report. They cover events such as:

Rumble in the Bronx

Reebok All American Camp and All Star game

iS8 (Nike)

GymRat challenge

NY Metro AAU

The list of their upcoming webcasts at HSBNetwork.tv. You can also purchase games on DVD. And if you are wondering, these are the most highly webratings-rated games

The HSB Network is a source of high quality audio-visual content complete with all-star commentary to the ever growing high school basketball audience which will now include not only full webcasts and highlights but downloadables and podcasts. In addition, The HSB Network will start showing webcasts from around the country and will offer a subscription service for college coaches and student-athletes to offer DVD's and webcasts of exclusive high school work-outs, camps and clinics.