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Leading Off: College basketball should benefit from NBA labor problems (The Sacramento Bee)

March 9, 2010

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Seattle's Garcia declares for NBA draft (AP via Yahoo! Sports)

March 9, 2010

Charles Garcia is hoping his size and skills, combined with a strong start to his only season of major college basketball, are good enough for the NBA. Seattle University's 6-foot-10 junior forward wasted no time and declared for the NBA draft on Monday, effective the end of the Redhawks season. Combining the size of a big man with the ball-handling skills of a perimeter player, Garcia became a...

Seattle University's Garcia declares for NBA draft (Sports Illustrated)

March 9, 2010

SEATTLE (AP) -- Charles Garcia is hoping his size and skills, combined with a strong start to his only season of major college basketball, are good enough for the NBA.

In college basketball, Pac-10 losses could be Big West's gain (Los Angeles Times)

March 9, 2010

Long overshadowed on the Left Coast and particularly in the Southland, the Big West is set to begin its conference tournament with a chance to steal the spotlight in a down year for the Pacific 10. Pacific 10 Conference basketball has lived the good life for years, growing fat off future NBA talent, NCAA tournament riches and media attention. UCLA traditionally put on a lot of weight this way ...

NBA Facebook page surpasses two million fans (NBA.com)

March 9, 2010

The National Basketball Association (NBA) today announced that the official NBA page on Facebook (www.facebook.com/nba) has surpassed two million fans, an unprecedented number for a sports league on the social networking site. Overall, the official NBA page, all 30 NBA team pages, and NBA player pages have accumulated more than 16.5 million fans across Facebook.

UNC coach Boyle has left impression on NBA's Larry Brown (Greeley Tribune)

March 9, 2010

Like lots of other University of Northern Colorado men's basketball fans across the country, Charlotte Bobcats coach Larry Brown will be watching with keen interest as the Bears begin the Big Sky Conference Championships with a semifinal game at 4:30 p.m. today against Montana in Ogden, Utah. The legendary NBA and college coach was the head coach at the University of Kansas when UNC coach Tad ...

Rookie Thabeet Recalled From NBA Development Team (ABC News)

March 9, 2010

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Temple enjoying ride with NBA (The Daily Reveille)

March 9, 2010

By: Chris Branch Navigating the road to the NBA can be a tricky task. Just ask former LSU guard and current Sacramento King Garrett Temple. Temple went undrafted and spent most of this season in the NBA’s Developmental League. Basketball’s premier ...

Winderman: NBA full of stretch run storylines (MSNBC)

March 9, 2010

Winderman: Soon the Madness will grab hold of the basketball spotlight. And for nearly a month, it is quite possible NBA balls could bounce without making much of a sound. Now is the time to look at the back stories that could emerge front and center when the glare turns back to the NBA.