30 Copyright 2008, CBSSports.com http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/view/6271764 en-us Gary Parrish is the college basketball columnist for CBSSports.com. He thinks the NBA's age limit is ridiculous, but enjoys watching professionals dunk on college players over and over again. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:56:39 EST http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11839859?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB#comments NCAAB http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11839859?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB All is right in the college basketball world. ... Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:39:24 EST http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11839859?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11823562?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB#comments NCAAB http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11823562?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB Here's Friday's Dear Gary ... ... Fri, 21 Nov 2008 9:59:54 EST http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11823562?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11820779?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB#comments NCAAB http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11820779?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB Michigan upset UCLA. ... Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:41:06 EST http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11820779?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11816398?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB#comments NCAAB http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11816398?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced its field this week for the 8th annual Spalding Hoophall Classic, and the prospects on display will be among the best in the nation. ... Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:20:16 EST http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11816398?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11808181?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB#comments NCAAB http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11808181?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB One more interesting note on Jimmy Baron: Mike Laprey, Rhode Island's assistant athletic director for sports communications, tackled a nice project this summer when he went back and watched every Rams game from last season and charted how many 3- ... Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:19:21 EST http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11808181?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11804491?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB#comments NCAAB http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11804491?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB Here's Thursday's Dear Gary ... ... Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:46:22 EST http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11804491?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11800346?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB#comments NCAAB http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11800346?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB Mercer did it again. ... Fri, 21 Nov 2008 1:30:43 EST http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11800346?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11792499?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB#comments NCAAB http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11792499?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB A reader sent along video of the end of the Arizona-UAB game. ... Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:41:47 EST http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11792499?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11789395?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB#comments NCAAB http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11789395?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB Alex Stepheson's waiver for immediate eligibility has been denied, a source close to the Southern California program confirmed to CBSSports.com on Wednesday. ... Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:35:46 EST http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11789395?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11788333?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB#comments NCAAB http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11788333?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB North Carolina freshman Tyler Zeller is scheduled to have surgery today on a broken left wrist and will likely miss the rest of the season, his brother Luke Zeller told CBSSports.com on Wednesday. ... Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:53:33 EST http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11788333?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11787554?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB#comments NCAAB http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11787554?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB Here's Wednesday's Dear Gary ... ... Thu, 20 Nov 2008 9:22:32 EST http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11787554?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11780298?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB#comments NCAAB http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11780298?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB Stephen Curry and Blake Griffin put on a show. ... Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:07:02 EST http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11780298?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11780241?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB#comments NCAAB http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11780241?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB Up late, watching UAB-Arizona, and I don't know if I've ever seen a dumber ending. ... Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:12:11 EST http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11780241?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11768155?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB#comments NCAAB http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11768155?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB Here's Tuesday's Dear Gary ... ... Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:15:13 EST http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11768155?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11762310?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB#comments NCAAB http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11762310?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB John Calipari became Memphis' all-time winningest coach early Tuesday. ... Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:39:47 EST http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11762310?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11761619?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB#comments NCAAB http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11761619?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB Russ Pennell got his first win at Arizona. ... Fri, 21 Nov 2008 1:41:14 EST http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11761619?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11754236?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB#comments NCAAB http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11754236?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB Do the voters even follow the scores? ... Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:42:45 EST http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11754236?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11746167?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB#comments NCAAB http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11746167?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB Here's Monday's Dear Gary ... ... Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:05:22 EST http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11746167?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11745079?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB#comments NCAAB http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11745079?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB Kansas pulled away in the second half. ... Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:23:06 EST http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11745079?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11735347?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB#comments NCAAB http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11735347?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Florida beat Bradley 81-58 on Sunday here at the O'Connell Center. ... Thu, 20 Nov 2008 1:16:01 EST http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11735347?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11728422?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB#comments NCAAB http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11728422?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- After taking in Florida's blowout win over South Carolina in football Saturday, I'm now at the O'Connell Center where the basketball version of the Gators are about to tip against Bradley. So if a deck of cards flies ... Mon, 17 Nov 2008 3:40:28 EST http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11728422?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11718986?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB#comments NCAAB http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11718986?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB No Tyler? ... Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:04:10 EST http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11718986?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11713341?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB#comments NCAAB http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11713341?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB I've been playing phone tag with San Diego coach Bill Grier the past 24 hours. But in a voicemail this afternoon he acknowledged he's got a "tough task" trying to win at UNLV without four key players, three of whom are suspended. ... Sat, 15 Nov 2008 16:56:05 EST http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11713341?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11701790?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB#comments NCAAB http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11701790?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB My God, Kentucky has done it again. ... Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:44:55 EST http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11701790?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11700629?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB#comments NCAAB http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11700629?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB So Nick Calathes plays poker, huh? ... Sat, 15 Nov 2008 21:22:39 EST http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11700629?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11694730?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB#comments NCAAB http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11694730?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB Here's Friday's Dear Gary ... ... Sat, 15 Nov 2008 21:18:28 EST http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11694730?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11689692?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB#comments NCAAB http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11689692?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB UCLA survived and advanced to New York. ... Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:03:57 EST http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11689692?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11674418?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB#comments NCAAB http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11674418?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB A reader passed this along, and I have to post it because it's too bizarre to ignore. Apparently, right now on the internet, you can buy a "University of Kentucky Slam Dunkin' Wildcat" for $1,000, and if you're wondering what th ... Sat, 15 Nov 2008 16:52:42 EST http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11674418?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11671016?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB#comments NCAAB http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11671016?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB Here's Thursday's Dear Gary ... ... Sat, 15 Nov 2008 23:16:19 EST http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11671016?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11666917?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB#comments NCAAB http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11666917?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB Chris Lowe didn't take care of the ball. ... Thu, 13 Nov 2008 1:12:13 EST http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/entry/6271764/11666917?source=rss_blogs_NCAAB 100 http://images.sportsline.com/images/cbsdm/spec/cbssportscom.gif http://gary-parrish.blogs.sportsline.com/mcc/blogs/view/6271764 100