The Miracle of St. Anthony: A Season with Coach Bob Hurley and Basketball's Most Improbable Dynasty just $5!

The book, with the self-explanatory title: The Miracle of St. Anthony: A Season with Coach Bob Hurley and Basketball's Most Improbable Dynasty is now a bargain price paperback at just $5 at Amazon (free shipping with orders $25+). The book is written by Adrian Wojnarowski, 416 pages long. Speaking of bargain books, the top seller bargain basketball book at Amazon is The Carolina Way

Happy Birthday Pistol Pete (would have turned 60 today)!

Thanks to author Wayne Federman for the reminder: Pistol Pete Maravich would have turned 60 today, Friday June 22, 2007. Wayne wrote the book "Maravich". Official website of his book at MaravichBook.com.

More on Pistol Pete: A great mix of Pistol Pete highlights on YouTube.com. Wayne has also been interviewed by NPR. And the one and only Bill Walton talks about Maravich. For those in or near Los Angeles, the author Wayne Federman will be having a book signing, discussion and Q&A on Tuesday June 26, at 730pm (pacific time) at the Barnes and Noble at the Grove.




Also check my previous posts on Pistol Pete here, and here

Mid-week report

Every 2007 NCAA College Basketball Tournament game on DVD!

The Hodge Report at CSTV has new news: Rick Pitino gets a top 100 forward out of Jersey (2008 class), Majerus gets another commit, Colorado State has signed a player who has changed college choices twice already before even setting foot on a campus, Ohio State and Valpo lose a commit, but Nevada gains a local one.

OJ Mayo mania at Jeff Goodman's blog. Goodman also talks about the potential impact of Pitino's new 2008 forward. The OJ post has generated a lot of discussion among the readers. As expected.

More on Jamaican forward Samardo Samuels and Louisville at FoxSports.

Goodman also talks about Nevada beating the Thad Matta Express for the services of a local but touted prospect.

On the anniversary of the "Tear down this Wall" speech, Rivals.com has decided to enact their own perestroika by making more of their content available to the masses. This latest story by Justin Young looks at mid-major recruiting. Although some mid-major fans will argue that neither Memphis nor Gonzaga are really mid-majors. Gonzaga is a designer mid-major, while Memphis is a "BCS" team trapped in a mid-major conference while undergoing the Calipari Experiment.

More recruting updates at A Sea of Blue featuring 2010 player (Dakotah Euton), Cortney Fortson, and Andre Clark... A Sea of Blue shares my worries that Coach K may use his polish heritage to grab the jumping jack polish sensation Oleg Czyz.

Updates on six of the top 50 players in the class of 2008 at John Clay's Sidelines blog.

Iktmmedia.com talks about Kentucky recruiting, including the new jumping jack sensation from Poland, Olek Czyz, along with updateds on Fortson and Liggins.

New Book segment: "Vertical Leap" by Tennessee senior Dane Bradshaw, who just graduated from Tennessee and is a signature face associated with the start of the Bruce Pearl era at Tennessee. Foreword written by (who else) Bruce Pearl. Book currently sells for under $14.


The most flexible Father's day gift!, an Amazon gift certificate, ranging from $5 to $5000. This is a simple, yet very flexible way to pick up a Father's day gift.

Other Recruiting News

Wall to wall Kentucky coverage on the post right below this one

Meanwhile the other Wildcats (of Arizona) reflect on their recruiting history ( Scout.com story), rating all their recruits since 1983. An interesting read!

Gonzaga loses two to transfer. One was a surprise to me: P-Mac (Pierre Marie Altidor Cespedes (did I win the spelling bee?). Burgess was no surprise even though he only played half a semester. Why? On a roster that lost Heytvelt, Burgess was barely able to get off the bench and play any semi-meaningful minutes.

The Hodge Report aT CSTV is updated with new news:

DeMatha guard Jeff Patterson picks a school (far from home)

Baylor gets a 2nd player from the 2010 (what are the chances either one will actually play at Baylor?)

2008 class verbals: Izzo State (Michigan State)

2007 JuCos: Oklahoma State (now that's a shocker), Illinois, Evansville, Idaho, others

2007 verbals: Temple, Mississippi State, some mid-majors

As reported by ESPN yesterday, three transfer out of Mississippi State, and one new comes in. Also the tragic death of a 2007 Wichita State (Mark Turgeon) recruit.

For all the details and player profiles visit The Hodge Report at CSTV (formerly fansonly.com)


Reading is Fundamental Segment
A couple of books on recruiting that might be of interest during the off-season:

"Net Prospect...", looking at women's college basketball recruiting by Lisa Liberty Becker.

Playing the Game: Inside Athletic Recruiting in the Ivy League by Chris Lincoln

The Reliability of a Recruiting Checklist for Collegiate Men's Basketball Coaches.(Brief Article): An article from: Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport [HTML] (Digital). This is an HTML e-document (3 pages long), not a physical book..