Offseason Posting, Part VI

Decision day for Luke Harangody is tomorrow, his last chance to return to college or stay in the NBA draft. I've tried to stay away from this story as much as possible, because it obviously generates a lot of speculation but very little news. I'd be shocked if Luke made the jump, the same way I have felt during the whole process. He's not guaranteed a first round spot (and the three-year contract that comes with it) and could drop to the mid or low second round. A great college player he remains, and possibly a serviceable pro in the future, but there is very little incentive to leave a year early.

EDIT: He's staying. Smart move by Luke. I think he has some kind of NBA future as a role player, but most likely won't be drafted early enough to merit leaving this year. His stock won't change much next season (teams keyed in on him this year already) and he just might get a little better with his slimmed-down frame. At the very least he'll get his diploma.

Oh, and I called this one. Just sayin'.

Offseason Posting, Part V

I don't follow recruiting a lot on this blog, partly because I'm lazy and partly because I don't care too much for the business that has become high school and AAU hoops. However, there is now a Twitter account devoted to following ND's recruiting. Check it out here.

This is perhaps the only possible intelligent use of that site. For anything else, who cares about what so-and-so is doing every second of the day? Very odd and creepy fad.