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Evaluating Keith Hornsby to LSU

Written by Michael Rogner on .

For the past two years ACC fans have had to listen to a steady stream of clueless announcers dropping references to Shane Larkin being Barry Larkin's son. Making fun of these announcers became a thing on Twitter. Now LSU fans will get their turn, as Keith Hornsby (OMG! did you know he was Bruce Hornsby's son?) picked LSU over NC State and St. Mary's as his transfer destination.

[Insert Hornsby song reference mistakenly thought to be clever]

Keith Hornsby will have to sit out a year, and then he'll have two years to play two.

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Texas Transfer Sheldon McClellan Picks Miami

Written by Steve Fetch on .

Apparently Miami is becoming the destination for former Big 12 players. Just weeks after former Kansas State guard Angel Rodriguez transferred to Miami, former Texas guard Sheldon McClellan will do so as well, according to CBS.

McClellan's per game numbers were pretty good, as he led the Longhorns in scoring 13.9 points per game and added just under 4 rebounds per contest. However, he did so while putting up a paltry 42.8% eFG. McLellan did not shoot well from two (just 43.8%), but a big problem in his game was his attempting 121 threes despite making just 27.3% of them. His numbers were a big part of why Texas finished 8th in shooting in the Big 12, though to defend him a bit the Longhorns offense was always going to be doomed once Myck Kabongo was suspended, and with a general lack of scoring options someone had to take those shots, and McClellan was usually tasked with trying to create something out of nothing. So while his shot selection was not good, he at least has an excuse for it.

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Staying put: coaches whose jobs are older than their players

Written by Michael Rogner on .

One of the longest tenured coaches in the game is one most casual fans have never heard of. Bob Hurley has been the head coach at St. Anthony's High School in Jersey City, New Jersey since 1972. He has ex players who could be in their 60s now. He's also been at his position longer than any current college coach.

Jim Boeheim has been at his current job since 1976, which is the longest in Division I. Mike Krzyzewski is next, having been hired by Duke in 1980.

This made we wonder which college coaches have been at their jobs since before any of their current players were born.

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Anrio Adams to Ohio

Written by Steve Fetch on .

Former Kansas Jayhawk Anrio Adams was thought to be transferring closer to his home state of Washington, but instead he is going a bit farther east and enrolling at Ohio University

Adams was pretty vocal during his time as a Jayhawk about being deserving of more playing time, but he only played 83 minutes the entire season, spread out over 24 games. Adams was a Top 100 guy from the 2012 recruiting class and showed some talent, especially on the defensive end, but shot just 40% from the field. His best game came in the Big 12 tournament against Texas Tech, scoring 11 points on 4-5 shooting in 5 minutes of mop up time.

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Evaluating Derrick Randall to Pitt

Written by Michael Rogner on .

The newest winner in the Rutgers implosion is the Pitt Panthers, who today snared big man Derrick Randall on the transfer wire.

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Evaluating Stanton Kidd to Colorado State

Written by Michael Rogner on .

NC Central fans hardly got to know Stanton Kidd. The JUCO transfer played just one season, and was 1st Team All-MEAC. He was third in the conference in scoring, but as we've seen with so many other transfers, points per game is a terrible way to evaluate anyone. A lot of transfers fit the "high volume, low efficiency" mold, and then move on to somewhere else when coaches preach the need to take smarter shots.

Meanwhile, Colorado State coach Larry Eustachy runs one of the most efficient systems in college basketball. Is he going to need to teach Kidd a new bag of tricks, or is Kidd one of the rare transfers who doesn't fit the gunner mold?

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Weber State star Damian Lillard is enjoying his fame

Written by Michael Rogner on .

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The tail that wags the University dog

Written by Michael Rogner on .

Ohio State president Gordon Gee - soon to be past president - created a stir when he called Bret Bielema a thug, joked that that "damn Catholics" at Notre Dame couldn't be trusted, and pondered the reading skills of students at SEC schools. This wasn't the first time Gee had to backtrack on remarks. In 2010 he commented on Ohio State's not scheduling "the Little Sisters of the Poor," which, of course, soon had him apologizing to the actual Little Sisters of the Poor.

Now Gee is on his way out the door.

The easy lesson is the university officials need to be more cognizant that they're working in a very sensitive environment where off-color jokes are going to be blown out of proportion. But this is their arena. They chose to be academics. Focusing on whether or not the comments are offensive, and whether someone needs to be apologizing to someone else, misses the point. Luckily, a professor at Ohio State, just wrote about this.

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2010 scrimmage costs Donte Hill his senior season

Written by Michael Rogner on .

When Donte Hill committed to Clemson I doubt his freshman year vision included hardly playing and scoring a total of 32 points on the season. He had been recruited by Oliver Purnell, but then found himself playing under Brad Brownell after Purnell was let go.

When his sophomore year rolled around, he planned on staying with the team. But after one scrimmage he changed his mind and decided to transfer. He ultimately landed at Old Dominion where he's played for the past two years. He hasn't been a star, but he's been a steady contributor for the Monarchs.

Now, heading into his senior season, he had to apply for a waiver from the NCAA in order to be eligible. This was just to have all his paperwork in order. He's only played three seasons, and taken one redshirt year. It's not like the NCAA would deny him, right?

Wrong.

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Gators showing why preseason rankings before November are meaningless

Written by Michael Rogner on .

We all like to read about our teams. Especially if someone feels they belong in the nation's top 25 for the upcoming season. The byproduct of this desire is a proliferation of preseason rankings that begin hitting the interwebs just hours after the National Title game.

Sites release these rankings because they're good for hits. Other sites with message boards link them, which drives a slew of visitors to your site for about 3 seconds per pair of eyeballs, and the owner of said site can be proud that their journalism is generating so much interest.

Of course, it's all garbage. But that's the internet. It's quantity, not quality, and it appears as if it is here to stay.

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