An Open Letter to Thad Matta: Please, No More "One and Done" Players

Dear Coach Matta,

First, thank you for making Buckeye basketball relevant again.  Five 20-win seasons, a National Championship appearance, an NIT Championship, and four (soon to be five) first-round draft picks is a lot to be thankful for.

Those first-round draft picks are the reason I write you today.  Please, no more one and done players!  It may sound strange, but you…
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Can’t live with ’em, can’t live without ’em

I ran across a thought-provoking blog tonight about Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski’s recruiting of one-and-done players and a comparison of how his program has fared without them the past three years compared with Ohio State. What do you think?…
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Turner gets All-American mention

Ohio State sophomore Evan Turner received honorable mention on the Associated Press All-American team. The 6-foot-7 guard/forward was a unanimous first-team All-Big Ten pick and one of nine players in NCAA Division I to lead his team in points, rebounds,…
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2009 point guard off the board

Darius Smith, one of the last of the unsigned high-school-senior point guards worth getting involved with, made an oral commitment to Connecticut last night, the Chicago Tribune reported. He can sign with the Huskies beginning April 15. I checked with…
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The BCS, Made by Real Men of Genius

Remember those Bud commercials?  The Real Men of Genius?  Here is one for the BCS.
Here’s to you, BCS. The only sports governing body where the number of votes your team gets is more important than the number of games you won.
Singer in background: Paper champions…
Here’s to you BCS.  With all that time off from Thanksgiving to New Years Day, a playoff could be played out, but…
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Illinois springs forward after learning experience

Posted by ESPN.com's Adam Rittenberg
Illinois did a lot of learning last fall, even if it didn't do a lot of winning.
"I learned an awful lot last year," head coach Ron Zook said Tuesday morning. "Our coaches learned an awful lot last year. More importantly, our players learned an awful lot last year."
Zook hopes the learning experience pays off for the Fighting…
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Illinois, NU need your help to choose trophy

Posted by ESPN.com's Adam Rittenberg
The Sweet Sioux Tomahawk is four months into retirement, and athletic department officials from Illinois and Northwestern are brainstorming ideas for a new rivalry trophy, awarded to the winner of their annual football game. 
Now they need your help. 
Both schools are holding polls on their official Web sites where fans can vote for four…
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Former Lions DT Taylor starts fresh at Baylor

Posted by ESPN.com's Adam Rittenberg
My colleague Tim Griffin has an interesting piece over at the Big 12 blog about Phil Taylor, the former Penn State defensive tackle who transferred to Baylor after being dismissed from the program last summer. 
Taylor was among the swell of Penn State players involved in off-field incidents in 2007 and early 2008. He pleaded guilty to misdemeanor…
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Northwestern’s Ebert, Arnold to miss spring

Posted by ESPN.com's Adam Rittenberg
Northwestern head coach Pat Fitzgerald announced after the team's first spring practice Monday that two more players, wide receiver Jeremy Ebert and safety David Arnold, will miss spring drills with hip and knee injuries, respectively.
Although wide receiver is in the spotlight this spring because Northwestern loses three multiyear starters, Ebert…
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MHKY: Corey Elkins Signs with NHL’s Los Angeles Kings

Senior led Buckeyes in scoring with 41 points in 2008-09
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