What do you think of this dunk? When Will Bullard from Texas A&M-Corpus Christi pulled it off in the NCAA dunk contest last night, a lot of people in the Dime office (there for our Nike ID party) were unimpressed because Bullard used his hand to catapult himself over the guy. My thing is that […]

Yesterday, Yahoo! Sports posted a good story about two of college basketball’s most influential behind-the-scenes power players - the Pump Brothers. David and Dana Pump have been fixtures on the college scene for decades and have sway over everything from tickets to the hiring of coaches at top flight programs (i.e. - Bruce Pearl at […]

Duke freshman Taylor King has decided to transfer. From the AP news service:
DURHAM, N.C. — Duke freshman forward Taylor King has decided to transfer.
King, a 6-foot-6 native of Huntington Beach, Calif., saw action in all 34 games in 2007-08, averaging 5.9 points and 2.0 rebounds per game. He had two 20-point games, including 27 points […]

From ESPN.com this morning:
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana University basketball team needs a new coach, and now it’s apparent the Hoosiers will need to replace a host of players, too, after starters Armon Bassett and Jamarcus Ellis were dismissed by interim coach Dan Dakich.
Multiple sources told The Indianapolis Star that Bassett and Ellis were kicked off […]

Shawn Respert (photo. MSU)
Throughout the Big Dance we’re going to bring you first-hand Tournament accounts from the ballplayers who have actually been there: guys who have won national championships, who have played in classic games, who have been involved in some monumental upsets, and who have made some unforgettable plays.
In 1995, Shawn Respert was Sporting […]

Darvin Ham on Sports Illustrated
Throughout the Big Dance we’re going to bring you first-hand Tournament accounts from the ballplayers who have actually been there: guys who have won national championships, who have played in classic games, who have been involved in some monumental upsets, and who have made some unforgettable plays.
The 1996 tournament was full […]

A Sporting News story yesterday painted Davidson’s Stephen Curry as virtually impossible to stop:
As the Hoyas’ season was slipping through their fingers, Curry rose up for a 3 while still facing the scorer’s table, 23 feet from the hoop, twisted and swished it—with Georgetown’s Chris Wright so close the wrist snap caught him on the […]

EG’s stock is down (Stephen Hill)
Every year, March serves as a valuable rake for NBA scouts to help weed out NBA pretenders and legit prospects. In ‘07, Mike Conley Jr. went from being Greg Oden’s point guard to the fastest kid in the tourney. He carried the Buckeyes past Georgetown when Oden spent nearly the […]

Two video clips for you: The first is of Stephen Curry’s takeover against Georgetown yesterday afternoon. The second is a video of a Davidson game from earlier this season, where Curry outscored the entire Chattanooga squad in the first half, 27-26.

If you’ve been following the ‘08 NBA mock drafts — understandable if you’re a Heat, Sonics, Wolves or Grizzlies fan — no doubt you’ve seen Texas A&M freshman DeAndre Jordan’s name up there. All year Jordan has been projected to go in the Lottery were he to go pro this summer, climbing as high as […]

Check EG at 9:40 ET (photo. Stephen Hill)
Welcome back to Dime’s NCAA Tournament live blog. For all of you who are stuck at work and can’t see the action, we’ll keep you up on Day 2 of this national holiday right here as it happens…
12:15 PM EST
As we prepare for the first slate of games […]