SI.com: Seth Davis
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Seth Davis: Ohio State's Evan Turner adds new position to supersized game
There were certain parts of Chicago where it was not safe to be a squirrel last summer. That's because Evan Turner, Ohio State's 6-foot-7 junior forward, could often be found dribbling a basketball around his neighborhood and stopping at certain points to fire the ball at a variety of targets -- wal …
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Seth Davis: No. 1 prepster Barnes remaining coy about college plans
It's going to be one lucky Friday the 13th for some college basketball program. That's because Harrison Barnes, the 6-foot-7 forward from Ames, Iowa, who is widely considered to be the No. 1 prospect in the senior class, will announce his college choice at 4 p.m. on ESPNU.
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Seth Davis: Hoops is back ... with a whimper
So did you know Monday is Opening Day in college basketball?
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Seth Davis: A determined Luke Harangody, experienced teammates will return to NCAA tournament
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- In the spring of 2001, following Mike Brey's first season as the coach at Notre Dame, Troy Murphy, the team's star junior forward, decided to forego his final season in college and declare himself eligible for the NBA draft. Given how frequently underclassmen leave college hoops …
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Seth Davis: Matt Painter's top Purdue team yet good enough to contend for Big Ten title
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- There's nothing subtle about a Purdue basketball practice. The players wear shorts with the words "PLAY HARD" stitched across the rear. A clock hanging above the tunnel that leads off the court of Mackey Arena sits above a sign that reads, "Time to Play Hard." I watched Purdu …
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Seth Davis: For Cal, anything more than a Sweet 16 appearance would be a sweet surprise
BERKELEY, Calif. -- California coach Mike Montgomery stood on the court at Hass Pavilion last Saturday afternoon and patiently walked his players through an offensive set. About 15 minutes into practice, Montgomery found himself standing between two of his primary big men, 6-foot-7 juco transfer Ma …
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Seth Davis: UCLA should finish third, fourth in Pac-10 thanks to depleted roster
LOS ANGELES -- Ben Howland has all the financial security he needs, and he is beginning his seventh year of his dream job. As the UCLA coach sat and enjoyed a quiet lunch at Sandbag's restaurant last Friday on a spectacular sunny day in Westwood Village, he looked like a man who didn't have a care …
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Seth Davis: Twenty most pressing hoops questions heading into Midnight Madness
Time to get busy, Hoopheads.
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Seth Davis: How to fix the problem of overworked college hoops referees
With the start of college basketball practice just two weeks away, you can be sure players all over the country are working hard to get themselves into tiptop shape. But there are another group of folks who are also preparing to run themselves ragged -- the referees. Not only are many of them 30 or …
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Seth Davis: UCLA legend John Wooden on death, his feud with Bob Knight and if he would coach now
ENCINO, Calif. -- When I last visited John Wooden three years ago, he needed a cane to help him walk, but he moved so briskly I had to hurry to keep up. He told me he still drove once in a while, and throughout our conversation he was energetic and sharp. He was happy, he was funny, and his memory w …
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Seth Davis: How numerous hoops scandals ruined college basketball offseason
I've got an idea for the next college basketball off-season: Let's not have an off-season.
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Seth Davis: Rose's invalid SAT scores illuminate problem in college hoops
After Memphis reacted to the NCAA's stripping of their basketball team's Final Four season wins, we caught up with SI.com college basketball expert Seth Davis to get his reaction.
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Seth Davis: 'Hoop Dreams' poignant reminder of a different world, 15 years later
The first clue that one of the greatest movies ever made had lost its relevance came when I asked the cashier at my local Blockbuster where I could find a DVD of the 1994 documentary Hoop Dreams. The young lady, who was probably not even in grade school when the movie was released, pecked at her com …
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Seth Davis: Hoop Dreams poignant reminder of a different world, 15 years later
The first clue that one of the greatest movies ever made had lost its relevance came when I asked the cashier at my local Blockbuster where I could find a DVD of the 1994 documentary Hoop Dreams. The young lady, who was probably not even in grade school when the movie was released, pecked at her com …
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Seth Davis: In a down class, long and lean is the theme on the recruiting trail
I spent three days on the July recruiting circuit last week, during which time I got a chance to watch about 90 percent of the nation's best high-school players in action. Two of those days were spent at Nike's King City Classic in Cleveland, and on the third day I attended the Reebok All-American C …
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Seth Davis: Just a junior, quiet but confident Gilchrist is nation's top player
CLEVELAND -- Two weeks ago, the mother of Michael Gilchrist, a 6-foot-7 forward from Somerdale, N.J., got a call from a friend who told her that a prominent recruiting publication had ranked Michael as the top high school player in the country. Michael, however, didn't exactly celebrate when his mom …
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Seth Davis: New coaches Thomas, Calipari hurting players in scholarship game
Florida International University hired Isiah Thomas to win games, not make friends. So shortly after Thomas was named FIU's coach April 14, he did what many coaches do upon taking a new job: He began upgrading the program's talent. As is often the case, that upgrade came at the expense of some playe …
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Seth Davis: Washington, Missouri among teams to watch next season
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Last week I was on hand at the U.S. Olympic Training Center to watch USA Basketball assemble the teams that will compete next month at the World University Games and the FIBA Under 19 World Championships. Last Friday, I weighed in with notes and observations on the three d …
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Seth Davis: Ohio State's Turner, Purdue's Hummel shine at national team trials
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- What do you get when you take three dozen of the best college basketball players in America, 12 of the top college coaches and bring them into one gymnasium for a good old-fashioned tryout?
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Seth Davis: Floyd sacrificed his career for a deal most coaches would have made
The legendary character of Faust first appeared as a part of German folklore in the late 1500's, and over the centuries it has recurred frequently throughout literature, art, music and cinema. He is believed to be the first figure who made a deal with the devil.
SI.com: Seth Davis
