coolhandgopher
04-04-2009, 03:48 PM
Here are some pretty interesting articles about some of the participants in the games today. Each year you tend to find some pretty amazing stories in college basketball that tend to emerge only at this time of the year.
Michigan State
New York Times article on <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/02/sports/ncaabasketball/02michstate.html?ref=ncaabasketball" target="blank">Goran Suton</a> and his path to Michigan State from his childhood in Sarajevo
Detroit News column on a pair of Detroit kids, <a href="http://www.detnews.com/article/20090404/OPINION03/904040369/1132/For+pair+of+Spartans++it+s+a+Homecoming+Dance" target="blank" >Kalin Lucas and Durrell Summers</a> making the sweet homecoming trip to Detroit.
Villanova
Philadelphia Inquirer article on <a href="http://www.philly.com/inquirer/sports/20090403__Nova_s_road_to_Wright_began_at_Rutgers.h tml" target="blank" >Jay Wright</a> and how close he was to being Rutgers' head coach
Philadelphia Inquirer article on <a href="http://www.philly.com/inquirer/sports/20090403_It_took_time__but__Nova_s_Reynolds_found_ a_home.html" target="blank" >Scottie Reynolds</a> and his unusual matriculation at Villanova and his difficult adjustment
North Carolina
NYT article on <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/04/sports/ncaabasketball/04carolina.html?ref=ncaabasketball" target="blank" >Ed Davis</a>, the Tarheel freshman who has emerged as their top NBA prospect
Philadelphia Bulletin poses the "What If?" question on <a href="http://thebulletin.us/articles/2009/04/03/sports/doc49d5f7dd03ee7765027611.txt" target="blank" >Wayne Ellington</a> the hometown prospect who headed south for college
UConn
NYT article on <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/04/sports/ncaabasketball/04uconn.html?ref=sports" target="blank" >Hasheem Thabeet</a> who has come a long ways since he first arrived in the States as a basketball prospect
ESPN's Dana O'Neil writes about the long, challenging journey for <a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/ncaatourney09/columns/story?columnist=oneil_dana&id=4027433" target="blank" >A.J. Price</a>
NCAA cheerleaders
I'm posting <a href="http://www.charlotteobserver.com/galleries/gallery/610884.html" target="blank" >this</a> because the Golden Gophers cheerleaders are represented about a quarter of the way through the slideshow. (A couple other notes-Utah State is the sleeper of this bunch and for the heavy breathers in the audience, make sure you check out the last few slides in the show, Florida State represents quite well, which comes as a big surprise)
Michigan State
New York Times article on <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/02/sports/ncaabasketball/02michstate.html?ref=ncaabasketball" target="blank">Goran Suton</a> and his path to Michigan State from his childhood in Sarajevo
Detroit News column on a pair of Detroit kids, <a href="http://www.detnews.com/article/20090404/OPINION03/904040369/1132/For+pair+of+Spartans++it+s+a+Homecoming+Dance" target="blank" >Kalin Lucas and Durrell Summers</a> making the sweet homecoming trip to Detroit.
Villanova
Philadelphia Inquirer article on <a href="http://www.philly.com/inquirer/sports/20090403__Nova_s_road_to_Wright_began_at_Rutgers.h tml" target="blank" >Jay Wright</a> and how close he was to being Rutgers' head coach
Philadelphia Inquirer article on <a href="http://www.philly.com/inquirer/sports/20090403_It_took_time__but__Nova_s_Reynolds_found_ a_home.html" target="blank" >Scottie Reynolds</a> and his unusual matriculation at Villanova and his difficult adjustment
North Carolina
NYT article on <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/04/sports/ncaabasketball/04carolina.html?ref=ncaabasketball" target="blank" >Ed Davis</a>, the Tarheel freshman who has emerged as their top NBA prospect
Philadelphia Bulletin poses the "What If?" question on <a href="http://thebulletin.us/articles/2009/04/03/sports/doc49d5f7dd03ee7765027611.txt" target="blank" >Wayne Ellington</a> the hometown prospect who headed south for college
UConn
NYT article on <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/04/sports/ncaabasketball/04uconn.html?ref=sports" target="blank" >Hasheem Thabeet</a> who has come a long ways since he first arrived in the States as a basketball prospect
ESPN's Dana O'Neil writes about the long, challenging journey for <a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/ncaatourney09/columns/story?columnist=oneil_dana&id=4027433" target="blank" >A.J. Price</a>
NCAA cheerleaders
I'm posting <a href="http://www.charlotteobserver.com/galleries/gallery/610884.html" target="blank" >this</a> because the Golden Gophers cheerleaders are represented about a quarter of the way through the slideshow. (A couple other notes-Utah State is the sleeper of this bunch and for the heavy breathers in the audience, make sure you check out the last few slides in the show, Florida State represents quite well, which comes as a big surprise)