Corruption in college basketball is alive, well, and legal. USC Basketball got great news it expected yesterday when Evan Mosley, the top ranked recruit in the 2020 high school class, committed to the Trojans. They got similarly good news last year when Evan’s brother Isaiah committed. He’s another five-star recruit. Eric Mobley, Evan and Isaiah’s dad, was hired by […]
Lot of jokes about DePaul cheating its way to the bottom of the Big East because the NCAA Committee on Infractions levied some mostly meaningless penalties against the Chicago school’s basketball program. I enjoy a good joke at DePaul’s expense myself, but the joke is that the NCAA smited a program that did nothing more […]
CBS Sports college basketball reporter Dennis Dodd posted yesterday that the NCAA is sending notices of allegations for Level I violations to six college basketball programs this summer. It is believed evidence against these six programs was driven by the federal trials of shoe reps Merl Code and Jim Gatto, and agent (sort of) Christian Dawkins. I hate cheating […]
College athletes should be allowed to transfer without penalty, but only at the end of a semester and season. If a student-athlete believes his or her needs are better served elsewhere regardless of rationale, there should be no impediment toward studying and competing at that university. I believe that because collegiate athletics should exist solely […]
College basketball’s three-point line is moving back to the international distance of 22 feet, 1 ¾ inches, and I love it. As shooting has improved, teams have gone to an offensive scheme where the midrange game no longer exists. The game has evolved into chuck it or dunk it, and basketball has suffered as a result. […]
LSU head basketball coach Will Wade lawyered up immediately when reports surfaced of a phone call captured by federal wiretap in which he claimed to have made “a strong ass offer” for a recruit. He was suspended in early March – within a day of the report – and it was rescinded in mid-April after the turbulent […]
Michigan Basketball is broken, and only Juwan Howard can fix it. Forget the two trips to the NCAA National Championship Game, Big 10 Championships, and Big Ten Tournament titles. John Beilein’s 12 seasons as the head coach at Michigan were clearly a disappointment. The time has come to reclaim the brand value of the Fab […]
The NCAA announced yesterday it is forming a working group to discuss how college athletes might be able to control and monetize their likeness. I can save them some time and effort. Just say yes. The answer is self-evident in the utterly corrupt and morally bankrupt answer to the question at the center of the […]
Indiana and Purdue fans should be happy John Beilein is leaving Michigan to become the next coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers, but I’m not. Beilein coached the Wolverines for 12 seasons, won four Big 10 titles, and qualified for two Final Fours. He’s unquestionably one of the five best coaches in college basketball, and had […]
As long as shoe companies invest millions in university athletic departments, they are going to eagerly invest tens of thousands to ensure return on investment. That’s the very basic rule driving the kind of corruption in college basketball that will be in the news today as the second trial of shoe pimps Merl Code and Christian […]
