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NetScouts Basketball All-Conference Teams: Horizon League

[/caption] MOST VALUABLE PLAYER: GORDON HAYWARD, 6'9 207 SO. G-F, BUTLER: Hayward was the catalyst for the Bulldogs who romped through league play going for the best record ever in Horizon League history, 18-0. Hayward averaged 15.6 points, 8.6 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game for the season to lead the Bulldogs. 1ST TEAM: 1. RAHMON FLETCHER, 5'10 165 JR. G, GREEN BAY: Fletcher became a much larger part of the… Continue reading

The Latest NCAA Basketball Tournament Bracketology

We are coming down to the wire as all the top conference tournaments are starting and the smaller conferences are completing their tournaments. Luckily for the bubble teams, most of the #1 seeds in the smaller conferences have been winning their tournaments which frees up spots for at-large teams. Which bubble teams are in, and which are out? Many of these teams still have a chance if they win a few… Continue reading

NetScouts Basketball All-Conference Teams: Atlantic 10

[/caption] MOST VALUABLE PLAYER: Jordan Crawford, 6′4 Soph. G, Xavier - Crawford led Xavier to a #24 national ranking, a 23-7 regular season record and a tie for the conference title at 14-2. In his first season at Xavier after sitting out a season from transferring from Indiana, Crawford did it all for the Musketeers. He averaged 19.7 points, 4.7 rebounds and 3.0 assists. Crawford has the ability to take over a… Continue reading

NetScouts Basketball All-Conference Teams: Mountain West

[/caption] MOST VALUABLE PLAYER: DARINGTON HOBSON, 6'7 205 JR. G, NEW MEXICO: Hobson had an outstanding first season with the Lobos and led them all the way to the conference title and a #1 seed in the league tournament. Hobson took advantage of his reinstatement at New Mexico and averaged 15.8 points, 9.1 rebounds, 4.6 assists and 1.2 steals per game. 1ST TEAM: 1. JIMMER FREDETTE, 6'2 195 JR. G, BYU: Fredette… Continue reading

Denker Discusses NBA’s Collective Bargaining Agreement

I had the pleasure of appearing on the "Fantasy Sports and Politics" radio show on Blog Talk Radio yesterday to discuss with them the NBA Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) and we briefly hit on the NFL agreement as well. Both leagues are in the final year of their agreement and walk-outs or lockouts are looming.  We hit on a lot of issues so if you are interested in listening to the… Continue reading

College Basketball All-International Team

MOST VALUABLE PLAYER: Greivis Vasquez, 6'6 195 PG, Maryland (Caracas, Venezuela): Arguably the MVP of the ACC and without a doubt a first-team All-American.  Do-it-all PG has had a great career for Terrapins in the ACC.  19.6 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 6.3 apg including a season high 41 points at Virginia Tech. Adnan Hodzic, 6'9 255 Jr. PF/C, Lipscomb (Sarajevo, Bosnia): Big guy scored at 22.1 clip and led in boards with 9.1… Continue reading

NetScouts Basketball All-Conference Teams: Big West

[/caption] MOST VALUABLE PLAYER: ORLANDO JOHNSON, 6'5 205 SO. G-F, UC SANTA BARBARA: Johnson led his Gauchos to a conference title and the #1 seed in their conference tournament. Johnson displayed his well-rounded game all season long and scored in double-digits in every contest. For the season, Johnson averaged 18.5 points as well as 5.5 rebounds and 2.3 assists. 1ST TEAM: 1. KYLE AUSTIN, 6'8 200 JR., F, UC RIVERSIDE: Despite UC… Continue reading

NetScouts Basketball All-Conference Teams: Big Sky

[/caption] MOST VALUABLE PLAYER: DAMIAN LILLARD, 6'2 185 SO. PG, WEBER STATE - Lillard backed up his impressive freshman campaign by leading Weber State to a conference title in his second season. Lillard put up a conference-best 19.7 points and 2.7 three-pointers made per game while also averaging 3.8 assists and shooting 85 percent from the free-throw line. Lillard, last season's freshman of the year and member of the all-conference first… Continue reading

NetScouts Basketball’s All-District Team

Each year we vote for the USBWA All-American and All-District teams. For the All-District team we are limited to voting in the area we cover are located in. For us, that is District 9 which covers California, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, Alaska and Hawaii.  With that in mind, here's our All-District 9 team: [/caption] MVP: Matt Bouldin (Gonzaga), 6'5, 224 lbs., Sr., G Bouldin led the Zags to a 25-5 regular season record and… Continue reading

Legendary Spanish Coach Pepu Hernandez Takes Joventut Job

One day after Sito Alonso was dismissed as head coach, DKV Joventut announced on Thursday that Pepu Hernandez, 52, will be the new head coach of the team for the remaining of the season, his contract runs through 2012. A veteran of the Spanish basketball scene, Pepu coached the National Team with great success: Hernandez reached the peak of his career coaching the FIBA Spanish National Team in 2006 and 2007 He led… Continue reading