College Hoops Thread '09-'10

[Clampdown]

Originally Posted by The Poet

I suppose I could have posted a few other stories, such as Rick Pitino's extortion trial, or U-Miami hoops being investigated by the NCAA for violations, or even Kansas changing its fight song due to the flight from the Big 12 of some of their traditional rivals. But this is the story that struck me as potentially the biggest - and NOT because I'm such a "hater".

Chicago Sun-Times reporter Michael O'Brien has had lawyers from Kentucky sicced upon him due to his report that highly-touted high-school power forward Anthony Davis accepted $200,000 from UK to play for them beginning with the 2011-12 season. According to this story, he asked several other schools for 6-figure amounts for his committment to their programs. Those schools may - or may not have - included Syracuse, Ohio State, and DePaul.

It is important to note that Davis has yet to declare for Kentucky, or any other school, and there is no "smoking gun" here. And UK has, of course, vehemently denied the allegation. But it is also interesting to note that, when asked about the report, the young man's father replied by saying "Thanks for ruining my son. Thank you very much.", and declined to respond further.

Make what you will of this. Me, I'll wait until the $#!+ hits the Wildcat fans before I comment otherwise.

The internet has given a ton of guys big balls and insight when they had none to begin with. I haven't been here in a while, but it's good to see you haven't changed.

[The Poet]

Originally Posted by Clampdown

The internet has given a ton of guys big balls and insight when they had none to begin with. I haven't been here in a while, but it's good to see you haven't changed.

Excuse me? I merely reported what the Chicago Sun-Times published.




Oh, I get it now . . . you were talking about yourself.