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TrueHoop TV picks a playoff MVP
Huge thanks to Jade Hoye, who continues to crank out this great stuff.Source: http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/post/_/id/29672/truehoop-tv-picks-a-playoff-mvp
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Report: Lewis Hamilton apologizes for joking insinuation of racism after Monaco GP penalty
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Lewis Hamilton may be best known for his racing, but in the wake of a controversial performance at the Monaco Grand Prix this weekend, it was another race card he played altogether.
The young Brit was called in to speak with the race stewards regarding an incident with Williams rookie Pastor Maldonado. Towards the end of the grand prix, Hamilton collided with Maldonado and the latter was taken out of the race. The stewards deemed Hamilton at fault and handed him a 20-second time penalty (the post-race equivalent to a drive-through), though with Adrian Sutil finishing far behind him a lap down, the penalty affects neither Hamilton's sixth-place finish nor his position in the championship standings.
Speaking with the BBC after the stewards' decision, the McLaren driver jokingly channeled Sacha Baron Cohen's character Ali G and mused that the stewards were picking on him because he's black. Realizing the joke could be misconstrued and taken seriously, Hamilton doubled back and apologized to the stewards for his remarks.
The Maldonado incident was one of several that marred Hamilton's performance this weekend. After being docked several positions on the starting grid due to an illegal qualifying maneuver, Hamilton started in ninth place. Around halfway through the race, he tried to overtake longtime rival, Felipe Massa, but ended up colliding with the Ferrari that crashed out mere seconds later. The stewards had faulted a frustrated Hamilton for that incident as well and handed him a mid-race drive-through penalty.
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Former Zag picks Baylor for football
This month, Gonzaga announced that guard Demetri Goodson had made a rather radical decision: After three years of hoops, Goodson would leave Spokane, likely return to Texas, and pursue a football career left dormant since his sophomore year of high school. Gonzaga coach Mark Few wished Goodson the best of luck in his decision without a hint of bitterness at that decision's contents, and blog brother Diamond wrote that the transition from college hoops to the NFL draft, though rare, was indeed doable. The only thing left to decide was where, exactly, Goodson would end up playing.
That matter is now settled. According to Goodson himself -- who spoke with Houston's KRIV-TV today -- the former Bulldog will take his footballing talents to Baylor. Thanks to the vagaries of cross-sport transfer rules, Goodson will have two years of eligibility at Baylor, where he plans to play cornerback.
"I'm excited. A bit nervous because I haven't played (football) in a while," Goodson said, according to the report. "Once I go and start hitting the weights and learning their system, I'll be all right."
Goodson has a history of football success in his family; his brother, Mike Goodson, was a three-year starter at tailback for Texas A&M and now plays for the NFL's Carolina Panthers. Still, Goodson has a major transition ahead of him. It's been five years since he played organized football of any kind, instead choosing the path of the collegiate hoopster. Now Goodson expects to play Big 12 football. The weight room is just one tiny step in this risky but inarguably exciting athletic audible.
Oh, and Demetri? Audible is a football term that describes a quarterback's decision to change a play at the line of scrimmage to one he deems more conducive to his team's success. That one's a freebie. Sorry, but you're on your own from here. Good luck, buddy.
Source: http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/31483/former-zag-picks-baylor-for-football
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Statistical experts pick Heat in a landslide
The TrueHoop Stat Geek Smackdown features eight participants. Two pick the Mavericks to win the 2011 NBA Finals -- the other six pick the Heat.
But know how many of those quant analysts expect the Mavericks to win?
Zero. Nada. Nilch. Not even one.
One of those two picks, you see, was from my mom, who is not a quant, but is a Blazers fan who knows well the power of the Mavericks.
The other pick is from Benjamin Morris, who writes: "The Heat have a better record, home-court advantage, a better MOV (margin of victory), better SRS (Simple Rating System), more star power, more championship experience, and had a tougher road to the Finals. Plus Miami's poor early-season performance can be fairly discounted, and it has important players back from injury. Thus, my model heavily favors Miami in five or six games."
So, why in the heck did Morris -- who has done very well in this contest to date -- pick the Mavericks?
Because he found himself in second place, and knowing that just about any numbers the guy in first place, Stephen Ilardi, used would favor the Heat. So his only chance to win came from zigging when Ilardi zagged. So he� is taking a flier to give himself a chance to be champion.
But it's interesting that a series which is widely seen as a close call is nothing of the sort to these experts, who predicted closer series when the Heat played the Bulls, and even (by a razor-thin margin) the Celtics.
Source: http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/post/_/id/29678/statistical-experts-pick-heat-in-a-landslide
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Will A-HOPE story affect Indiana hoops?
In case you hadn't heard -- and by now, you probably have -- ESPN.com investigative reporter Mike Fish dropped a large and comprehensively thorough six-piece report on the African Hoop Opportunities Providing an Education Foundation. A-HOPE is run by Mark Adams, who also coaches a top Indiana AAU program, Indiana Elite. The six stories focus on a range of issues related to Indiana Elite and A-HOPE, which lists its mission as "to provide deserving student athletes a seamless process of obtaining a student visa, transportation to the United States, making sure they are acclimated to their new environment and providing them with an opportunity to receive an outstanding education." That includes the question of whether or not the organization steers players to preferred schools (like, for example, Indiana); the story of a former player apparently left behind by the organization; the story of another who says his relationship with A-HOPE ended after he chose a non-preferred school; the denial of Indiana Elite founder Mark Barnett that he attempted to adopt Kentucky player DeAndre Liggins.
The stories are less an expos� on collegiate recruiting than on A-HOPE itself. (Though the series makes Baylor, already under investigation for the recruitment of Columbian forward Hanner Perea, look even worse.) But there are some concerns for IU fans in the wake of Fish's pieces. One is the deep connection A-HOPE seems to share with the Hoosiers. As Fish writes:
After Drew Adams, the son of Mark Adams, was promoted to director of operations/video coordinator in April 2010, Crean signed or picked up commitments from eight players with ties to A-HOPE and/or the Indiana Elite program.
There's no wrongdoing there. Drew Adams was hired before the NCAA closed that particular recruiting loophole, and working connections with AAU organizations to land recruits is the oldest recruiting angle in the book. But the notion of a nonprofit organization ostensibly focused on African education steering players to schools based on preferred connections doesn't exactly make one feel all warm and gooey inside. And Indiana would argue that several of those players -- including lynchpin recruit Cody Zeller -- weren't influenced by their AAU connections. Likewise, most of the A-HOPE players have been minimal contributors.
Really, the story is A-HOPE. But the most pertinent college-related finding Fish made -- one that could affect coming seasons -- came from his piece about the convoluted recruitment of Perea:
But a five-month ESPN.com investigation into the Bloomington, Ind.-based African Hoop Opportunities Providing an Education (A-HOPE) Foundation, which claims the South American-born Perea as a foundation beneficiary, has found circumstances outside of the Baylor issue that very well might impact his initial NCAA eligibility at Indiana. Treatment afforded him by A-HOPE and its president, Mark Adams, including roundtrip airline tickets to Colombia, appears to put Perea in violation of NCAA preferential treatment and extra benefits bylaws (12.1.2.1.6).
Also at issue are gifts Perea has received from A-HOPE and Adams, whose son served on the IU basketball staff from September 2009 until this month. Perea is a member of an AAU team -- Indiana Elite -- which Adams coaches and whose best players have in the last year begun committing verbally to IU in bunches. The NCAA declined to comment specifically on Perea, but a spokesperson said that generally, "benefits from the prospects' coach other than basic living expenses are considered against NCAA rules."
The supposed benefits purchased by Adams are minimal: A computer, an iPod, a cell phone, and flights to Columbia to see his family. If precedent is any indication, Perea would probably have to repay the value of those items -- and possibly serve a suspension upon arriving at Indiana in 2012 -- in order to maintain his eligibility.
That's for the NCAA to sort out. In the meantime, block off some time in your day to read Fish's work. I have a feeling we'll be discussing this one for a while.
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