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DeCourcy: Harangody might have toughest draft choice

Harangody still has a decision to make -- a decision due by Monday -- so he is careful to make sure he preserves that choice. Luke Harangody isn't just a tourist in the NBA draft. No one on vacation would be working this hard and watching his money ...

From MIKE DECOURCY, Sporting News,  14 Jun 2009

Related Topics: National Basketball Association,  University of Notre Dame,  National Collegiate Athletic Association,  Austin Carr,  Adrian Dantley

DeCourcy: UCLA's Holiday will remain in NBA draft

In one of the least surprising decisions of NBA draft season, UCLA freshman guard Jrue Holiday is signing with an agent and will remain on the early entry list. Holiday averaged 8.5 points and 3.7 assists in his one season with the Bruins, never ...

From MIKE DECOURCY, Sporting News,  13 Jun 2009

Related Topics: National Basketball Association,  Ben Howland,  Russell Westbrook,  Oklahoma City Thunder

DeCourcy: Don't blame age minimum for recent college hoops scandals

I'm more bothered that someone could be so misguided on the issue and yet talk so loudly about it. The scandals surrounding the matriculation of superstar guards O.J. Mayo and Derrick Rose have led to a vast chorus of columnists, bloggers and even ...

From MIKE DECOURCY, Sporting News,  12 Jun 2009

Related Topics: National Basketball Association,  Dwight Howard,  David Stern,  Derrick Rose,  ESPN

'MoMo' Jones released from USC commitment

Oak Hill Academy star Lamont "MoMo" Jones became the latest member of the Southern California basketball program to abandon the Trojans when he asked for and received a release from his letter of intent. USC announced late Thursday that Jones had ...

From MIKE DECOURCY, Sporting News,  12 Jun 2009

Related Topics: Tim Floyd,  Virginia Tech

DeCourcy: Starting Five: USC faces dilemma with Floyd's departure

DeCourcy: The first concern for Southern California should be who will make the hire of its next basketball coach, and for the sake of the program's future, that person ought not to be athletic director Mike Garrett. Sporting News college ...

From MIKE DECOURCY, Sporting News,  10 Jun 2009

Related Topics: Tim Floyd,  National Collegiate Athletic Association,  Jamie Dixon,  Mike Garrett,  National Basketball Association

DeCourcy: Southern Cal should prepare for long road back

Coach Tim Floyd's sudden resignation Tuesday assures there will be almost nothing left of Southern Cal basketball by next season. Poor Dwight Lewis is stuck for another year, unless he wants to sit 12 months just to play one year somewhere else. ...

From MIKE DECOURCY, Sporting News,  9 Jun 2009

Related Topics: Tim Floyd,  National Collegiate Athletic Association,  Sean Miller,  Terrell Owens,  Reggie Bush

Villanova's Reynolds withdraws from draft

Scottie Reynolds, whose game-winning basket in the regional final propelled Villanova to the 2009 Final Four, has decided to withdraw from the NBA draft and return to the Wildcats for his senior season. Reynolds made the announcement Tuesday morning. ...

From MIKE DECOURCY, Sporting News,  9 Jun 2009

Related Topics: National Basketball Association,  New Jersey Nets,  Houston Rockets,  Memphis Grizzlies,  Minnesota Timberwolves

DeCourcy: Courtney Lee's rise shows value of college development

So how does Lee go from maybe the 120th player in his high school class to the No. 22 pick in the 2008 NBA draft to the sixth-leading scorer for the Orlando Magic, set to commence the NBA Finals tonight? Courtney Lee was a star in high school, no ...

From MIKE DECOURCY, Sporting News,  4 Jun 2009

Related Topics: Courtney Lee,  National Basketball Association,  Jameer Nelson,  National Collegiate Athletic Association,  Darrin Horn

DeCourcy: Starting Five: Get to know Venoy Overton

Memphis contends it should not be forced to forfeit games from its 2007-08 season and have its Final Four trip vacated because, if indeed Rose's qualifying SAT score was invalid, there was no way for the university to know at the time he competed. ...

From MIKE DECOURCY, Sporting News,  3 Jun 2009

Related Topics: National Collegiate Athletic Association,  National Basketball Association,  John Calipari,  Google Inc.,  Isaiah Thomas

DeCourcy: Memphis' failure was trusting NCAA to do its job

Of the many incisive lines delivered by actor Tim Matheson in the seminal motion picture on campus life, National Lampoon's Animal House, the one that best fits this particular moment in college basketball history can only be half-quoted by those of ...

From MIKE DECOURCY, Sporting News,  2 Jun 2009

Related Topics: National Collegiate Athletic Association,  Derrick Rose,  Tim Matheson,  National Lampoon, Inc.

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