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Posted by admin in John Wall Dunk, john wall, john wall videos, tags: all freshman team, demarcus cousins, john calipari, john wall, John Wall awards, John Wall Dunks, Kentucky John Wall, Kentucky Wildcats, Kentucky Wildcats Basketball, Memphis Tiger Basketball, Sporting News, Sporting News All Freshman team, Sporting news freshman of the year, Tyreke Evans
John Wall was named the NCAA College Basketball Player of the Year by the Sporting News. Many fans had debated if he or teammate DeMarcus Cousins would win the award, but Wall ultimately won out. The other members of the first team announced by The Sporting News were Derrick Favors of Georgia Tech, Derrick Williams of Arizona, Xavier Henry of Kansas, and DeMarcus Cousins. Second team players were Elias Harris of Gonzaga, alec Burks of Colorado, C.J. McCollum of LeHigh, Kawhi Leonard of SDSU, and Hassan Whiteside of Marshall.
Of the frosh on the Sporting News first team, all but Derrick Williams are projected to be first round picks if they choose to go pro in the 2010 NBA draft.
This is the second straight year that one of Coach John Calipari’s players have won the award, with NBA sensation Tyreke Evans willing the award last year and being a first round lottery pick in the 2009 NBA draft.
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Posted by admin in 2009 NBA Draft, tags: 2009 NBA Draft, 2009 NBA Lottery Draft Picks, 2009 nba mock draft, blake griffin, college hoops video, CollegeHoops, hasheem thabeet, HoopsVideo, james harden, jordan hill, ricky rubio, Tyreke Evans
So, earlier today I updated my final 2009 NBA Mock Draft. Then, I realized that a number of the readers of the site rely on the RSS feed that is limited to the last 10 articles on CHV. As a result, this is a short synopsis of the CHV 2009 NBA Mock Draft with a link to the full two round 2009 NBA Mock Draft!
We’ve seen who’s going and staying in the draft now. The biggest surprise is the lack of “awe” for Ricky Rubio’s only workout conducted before the draft with the Sacramento Kings. I dropped him all the way down to nr 5 since the Kings don’t seem to thrilled with him, but I wouldn’t be surprised if we see him go even lower! Jodie Meeks chose to remain in the draft along with Memphis’s Shawn Taggart and we have seen a fair bit of movement of players based onhow their pre-draft workouts have gone. Tyler Hansbrough and B.J. Mullens have helped their cases since the 2008-09 NCAA regular season wrapped up and Terrence Williams may have worked his way into a 2009 NBA lottery pick! Particularly interesting is that Minnesota has traded to get the nr 5 and 6 picks with many thinking they’ll take the best Point Guard on the board with the pick and a good shooting or slashing guard with the second. Don’t be surprised to see them take DeRozan and Evans here vice mucking with Rubio if he’s still around.
Top 5 2009 NBA Draft Picks:
View the Complete College Hoops Video 2009 NBA Mock Draft!
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Posted by admin in 2009 NCAA Recruiting, Memphis Tigers, tags: derek rose, john calipari, Josh Pastner, lance stephenson, memphis tigers basketball, Memphis Tigers Basketball Recruiting, New York City Basketball, Tyreke Evans, xavier henry
 Lance Stephenson Memphis Basketball Coach Josh Pastner still has a few scholarship spots available for next season for the “Right [level] player.” Lance Stephenson is one of the highest ranked 2009 prospects that remains unsigned for the 2009 NCAA recruiting class. At 6’6″ and 195lbs, Stephenson already has NBA size and would be one of the last pieces that Pastner needs to compliment his already stellar 2009 Memphis Tigers Basketball Recruiting class that has been put together in the past 8 weeks. What’s the problem with Stephenson? Well, he and a teammate are going back to court on June 29th on sexual assualt charges for groping a female student. Arizona and Memphis have been mentioned as two of the front-runners in Stephenson’s recruitment. Kansas had previously been thought to have the lead until Xavier Henry reneged on his committment to Memphis after Coach John Calipari left for Kentucky this past spring. Memphis Basketball Recruiting – Lance Stephenson’s Pedigree
If you don’t know who Lance Stephenson is, then the best place to check out first is the online documentary made of his junior season at Lincoln High School in Coney Island, New York. He’s best known in New York for leading his team for four City Basketball championships while living in a poorer area of the city. Stephenson has been one of the most productive scorers in his high school class for several years. He’s considered to have solid ball handling skills and scores close to the rim similar to Tyreke Evans and Derek Rose at the same point in their careers. On the downside, Lance is not considered to have outstanding quickness and relies on his size to overpower the smaller guards he has competed against in high school. He’s also considered to be a bit greedy with the ball at times compared to other high-profile players in his class.
Should Coach Pastner Pursue Lance Stephenson?
That’s the main question. With the turmoil that the Tigers basketball program has gone through over the past two months, should recruiting a star prospect who is pending sexual assualt charges be added to the mix? Many major college coaches don’t consider Stephenson to be worth the trouble despite his talent. Even if he beats the charges later in June or pleads to a lesser charge, would Stephenson be worth the risk to bring to Memphis? Someone will definitely sign the kid (or whatever we call the variant of obligating to a school since the May signing period is over). Stepheson would bring one of the last pieces of the puzzle to the Memphis Tigers for the 2009-10 season in a high profile, scoring guard. Do you give the young man a second chance and get him out of New York? I think if Coach P does pursue him, that he can’t give the young man any leeway. First sign of trouble if he does come to town and he needs to be sent home…that is, if he’s worth the trouble to bring in the first place.
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