Harrison Barnes (Ames, Iowa/Ames) may be the most touted and talented small forward still looking for a home, but he’s not the only skilled slasher still on the board. Three of the nation’s top four prospects at the small forward position have yet to pick a school. Here’s a look at where they might end up: Check out the rest of this article HERE
Archive for November, 2009
Decision time drawing near
On November - 5 - 2009
Starling getting noticed
On November - 4 - 2009
If ESPNU 150 watch list QB, Bubba Starling, was a secret before the season started, the secret is out. Starling has quickly become one of the top dual threat quarterback prospect in the country, and everyone is noticing. At 6’5″, 190 pounds, Starling looks every bit the part of a pocket passer and he can throw like one too. Starling has the arm that every young quarterback hopes to have one day, he can throw it on a rope, with touch or flick it 60 yards down field. Adding to his passing ability is his ability to run the football. Using his long strides to eat up huge chunks of yards, Starling can not only navigate his way through a busy line of scrimmage, he can also run through, around or right by defenders.
With the secret out about Starling, college football programs around the country have noticed.
One problem though, Starling is also a top baseball prospect with his 93 mph fastball. Read the rest of this entry »
Big 12 Basketball Preview
On November - 4 - 2009
Only 524 miles separate Allen Fieldhouse and Lucas Oil Stadium—the site of the 2010 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championships. There are 151 days between today and the Final Four, and potentially 38 games for the Kansas Jayhawks. There is one problem facing the Hawks though. If they are not one of the four teams in Indianapolis the first weekend of April, they will have failed—colossally.
That is the kind of pressure that is heaped on top of a team when you are ranked preseason number 1 in both polls, have two All Americans to go along with a seasoned returning group though they are mostly underclassman, and bring in a hyped recruiting class that fills in holes left by NBA defections after the 2008 National Championship. Read the rest of this entry »
Knight takes in Kansas
On November - 1 - 2009
The #4 player in the ESPNU 100, Brandon Knight, returned to south Florida on Sunday afternoon after officially visiting the University of Kansas with his family over the weekend. TheShiver.com spoke with Knight’s father, Efrem Knight, about the visit and what’s next for Knight. Read the rest of this entry »
