NCAA 2012-2013 Season

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I look for the North Carolina Tarheels to make James McAdoo their primary scorer in the next season. The losses of Henson and Zeller means lack of size that last year's squad boasted means that this season's Tarheels would incline on wing and guard perimeter production as its main artillery. Whatever Desmond Hubert can offer them in points, rebounds and blocks is already considered good. Freshman Joel James will most likely see quality minutes while Brice Johnson reminds me of a John Henson's freshman year.

This team has guard depth with Reggie Bullock, Leslie McDonald and P.J. Hairston will welcome more shot attempts. Freshman point guard Marcus Paige will likely get quality minutes as well.

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Heads up, new recruitment rules. Men's college basketball coaches will be allowed to send unlimited texts and make unlimited calls to recruits who have finished their sophomore year of high school. Also, the NCAA will allow coaches to send private messages through social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter.

Board revamps men’s basketball recruiting

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The US NAvy have approved a set of games to be played in Nov. 9 on US Aircraft Carriers. It is now known as the Carrier Classic.

Florida vs. Georgetown
Marquette - Ohio State
Syracuse - San Diego State

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Boston University will enter the Patriots League in the 2013-14 NCAA Season. Boston U is leaving America East.

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Notre Dame head coach Mike Brey has agreed to a contract extension that runs until the end of the 2014-15 NCAA Season.

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The following schools are disqualified from next year's 2013 NCAA Tournament due to their Academic Progress Rate scores not meeting the NCAA's standards.

UCONN
Arkansas-Pine Bluff
California-Riverside
Cal State Bakersfield
Jacksonville State
Mississippi Valley State
UNC-Wilmington
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Toledo
Towson

Cal State Bakersfield's ban could be lifted as an audit is still in process on other data.

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NCAA names chairman for 2013-14 men's basketball tournament

As we all know, news knows no holidays or deadlines. A small bit of info needs to be passed along on the NCAA tournament. We have a new tournament chair for the 2013-14 season. It's Ron Wellman, the Wake Forest athletic director. The decision came down publicly on Tuesday but was voted on by the NCAA on June 29.

Normally, the NCAA tournament rotates its chairs each year. Last season it was former UConn/current Hofstra AD Jeff Hathaway. For 2012-13, Xavier AD Mike Bobinski leads the committee/has one of the coolest jobs in sports.

“It is an honor to be selected as chair of this committee,” Wellman said in a statement. “We have excellent committee members who are conscientious and fair and take their responsibility very seriously. I look forward to my continuing relationship with them in this new role.”

Wellman is notable for his longevity; he's held his post longer than any AD in the ACC, having been at Wake since 1992.

If you're always wondering who comprises the selection committee in a given year and can't find the info easily, bookmark this page and come back to it in March so you know who to be ticked off at.

The 2012-13 NCAA tournament selection committee:

Joe Alleva, LSU AD
Scott Barnes, Utah State AD
Mike Bobinski (chair), Xavier AD
Joe Castiglione, Oklahoma AD
Doug Fullerton, Big Sky commissioner
Mark Hollis, Michigan State AD
Judy MacLeod, Conference USA executive associated commissioner
Bernard Muir, Delaware AD
Jamie Zaninovich, West Coast Conference commissioner

-CBSsports

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Iowa and head coach Fran McCaffery have agreed in a seven year contract extension.

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Syracuse and the Big East Conference board have reached an exit agreement. Syracuse will join the Atlantic Coast Conference for the 2013-2014 Season.

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Does anyone for sure if college players require a letter of clearance from FIBA to play pro in Europe? thanks in advance

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Does anyone for sure if college players require a letter of clearance from FIBA to play pro in Europe? thanks in advance

Not sure, but pretty confident the answer is no.

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We have a busy season this fall.

BATTLE ON THE MIDWAY (USS Midway Museum - San Diego)

Date: Nov. 9

Syracuse vs. San Diego State

BARCLAYS CENTER CLASSIC (Barclays Center - Brooklyn, N.Y.)

Date: Nov. 9

Teams: Kentucky vs. Maryland; Morehead State vs. LIU-Brooklyn

CHAMPIONS CLASSIC (Georgia Dome - Atlanta)

Date: Nov. 13

Teams: Michigan State vs. Kansas; Duke vs. Kentucky

2K SPORTS CLASSIC (Madison Square Garden - NY)

Dates: Nov. 15-16

Host Teams: Purdue, Alabama, Villanova, Oregon State

Others: Hofstra, Niagara, Bucknell, South Dakota State

PUERTO RICO TIP-OFF

Dates: Nov. 15-16, 18

Teams: N.C. State, Tennessee, Oklahoma State, Penn State, Providence, UMass , Akron, Southern Mississippi

CHARLESTON CLASSIC

Dates: Nov. 15-16, 18

Teams: Baylor, Boston College, Charleston , Colorado, Dayton, St. John's, Murray State, Auburn

COACHES VS. CANCER (Barclays Center - Brooklyn, N.Y.)

Dates: Nov. 16-17

Teams: Florida State, Notre Dame, BYU, St. Joe's

HALL OF FAME TIP-OFF (Mohegan Sun - Uncasville, Conn.)

Dates: Nov. 16-18

Teams: Ohio State, Seton Hall, Washington, Rhode Island, Norfolk State, Albany, UMKC, Loyola (Md.)

PARADISE JAM (St. Thomas - Virgin Islands)

Dates: Nov. 16-19

Teams: UConn , George Mason, Iona, Mercer, New Mexico, Quinnipiac, UIC, Wake Forest

CBE CLASSIC (Sprint Center - Kansas City)

Dates: Nov. 19-20

Teams: Kansas, Saint Louis, Texas A&M, Washington State

LEGENDS CLASSIC (Barclays Center - Brooklyn, N.Y.)

Dates: Nov. 19-20

Teams: Georgetown, Indiana, UCLA, Georgia

Others: Duquesne, North Dakota State, James Madison, Liberty, UC Irvine, Sam Houston

MAUI INVITATIONAL (Maui, Hawaii)

Dates: Nov. 19-21

Teams: Butler, Illinois, Marquette, Mississippi State, North Carolina, Texas, USC, Chaminade

CANCUN CHALLENGE (Cancun, Mexico)

Dates: Nov. 20-21 in Cancun

Teams: Iowa, DePaul, Western Kentucky, Wichita State, Howard, Austin Peay, Western Carolina, Gardner-Webb

PRESEASON NIT (Madison Square Garden, NY)

Dates: Nov. 21, 23

Teams: Michigan, Pittsburgh, Kansas State, Virginia

Others: Fordham, Bowling Green, Delaware, Fairfield, Cleveland State, Lamar, Robert Morris, North Texas

GREAT ALASKA SHOOTOUT (Anchorage, Alaska)

Dates: Nov. 21-24

Teams: Belmont, Charlotte, Loyola Marymount, Northeastern, Oral Roberts, Texas State, UC Riverside, Alaska-Anchorage

BATTLE 4 ATLANTIS (Bahamas)

Dates: Nov. 22-24

Teams: Duke, Memphis, Missouri, Louisville, Minnesota, VCU, Stanford, Northern Iowa

OLD SPICE CLASSIC (Orlando)

Dates: Nov. 22-23, 25

Teams: Vanderbilt, Gonzaga, Clemson, Davidson, Marist, Oklahoma, UTEP, West Virginia

ANAHEIM CLASSIC (Anaheim, Cal.)

Dates: Nov. 22-23, 25

Teams: California, Saint Mary's, Xavier, Drexel, Drake, Rice, Georgia Tech, Pacific

GLOBAL SPORTS CLASSIC (Las Vegas)

Dates: Nov. 23-24

Teams: UNLV, Cincinnati, Iowa State, Oregon, Jacksonville State, Northern Arizona, Campbell, N.C. A&T

LAS VEGAS INVITATIONAL (Las Vegas)

Dates: Nov. 23-24

Teams: Arkansas, Arizona State, Creighton, Wisconsin, FAMU, Longwood, Presbyterian, Cornell

SOUTH PADRE INVITATIONAL (South Padre Island, Texas)

Dates: Nov. 23-24

Teams: Northwestern, Illinois State, UAB, TCU, Navy, Fairleigh Dickinson, Prairie View
, Delaware State

WOODEN CLASSIC (Honda Center - Anaheim, Calif.)

Date: Dec. 1

Teams: UCLA vs. San Diego State

JIMMY V CLASSIC (Madison Square Garden - NY)

Date: Dec. 4

Teams: Georgetown vs. Texas ; UConn vs. N.C. State

BIG FOUR CLASSIC (Wells Fargo Arena - Des Moines, Iowa)

Date: Dec. 15

Teams: Iowa State vs. Drake ; Iowa vs. Northern Iowa

BROOKLYN HOOPS WINTER FESTIVAL (Barclays Center - Brooklyn, NY)

Date: Dec. 15

Teams: Michigan vs. West Virginia ; Fordham vs. Princeton

BROOKLYN HOOPS HOLIDAY INVITATIONAL (Barclays Center - Brooklyn, NY)

Dates: December 22

Teams: Long Island vs. Seton Hall ; Manhattan vs. South Carolina

GOTHAM CLASSIC (Madison Square Garden - NY)

Date: Dec. 22

Teams: Temple vs. Syracuse

LAS VEGAS CLASSIC (Las Vegas)

Dates: Dec. 22-23

Teams: Virginia Tech, Portland, Bradley, Colorado State, Cal State Bakersfield, Mississippi Valley State, Georgia Southern, North Florida

DIAMOND HEAD CLASSIC (Honolulu, Hawaii)

Dates: December 22-23, 25

Teams: Arizona , Miami , Mississippi , San Diego State , Indiana State, San Francisco, Hawaii, East Tennessee State

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Adria Gasol, the younger brother of Pau and Marc will attend UCLA.

Youngest Gasol set to be walk-on at UCLA

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Arizona State hired two former NBA coaches as a part of Herb Sendek's staff. Eric Musselman and Larry Greer.

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UCLA's prized freshmen recruits of Shabazz Muhammad, Kyle Anderson and Tony Parker for alleged recruitment violations.