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BIG EAST NEWS & NOTES (9/25/2009)

The countdown to Midnight Madness and the official start of college basketball practices stands at just three weeks from today. Recruiting and visits are still in full swing for another week and much of today’s update is spent in the midwest taking a look at the recruitment of players such as Jeremiah Davis, Branden Dawson, Chasson Randle, Jay Parker, Lavonte Dority and JUCO PF Dwight McCoombs.

Elsewhere around the landscape on a pretty quiet Friday is the opening of the Carmelo K Anthony practice facility at Syracuse, the preparations at Providence for Midnight Madness and a interesting article with a couple excellent college basketball writers discussing what has been in the news much of the summer around college hoops.

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Muncie (IN) Central junior guard Jeremiah Davis has offers from Cincinnati, Dayton, Indiana, Purdue, Tennessee and Xavier, according to the Indianapolis Star. The Muncie Bearcats’ Davis has Trimmed List to ‘About Six’ schools, but that doesn’t necessarily make up his list of six as he is keeping his shortened list to himself at the moment. Georgetown has shown recent interest as assistant coach Mike Brennan attended a recent open gym.

Bloomington (IN) South junior Spencer Turner visited Butler earlier this month and was on Michigan’s campus last weekend, according to the Indianapolis Star. Turner, a 6-2 guard who averaged 11.7 points as a junior on South’s Class 4A state championship team, has visits planned to Miami (Ohio) and Notre Dame, according to his father in the Star. He is also being recruited by Michigan State, Oklahoma State, Purdue, Virginia Tech and Wisconsin.
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The name Branden Dawson is starting to be more well-known nationally as the 6-foot-5 junior out of Gary (IN) Lew Wallace put up a string of top performances on the AAU circuit to raise his profile among the class fo 2011 prospect rankings. After averaging 16.7 points, 15.5 rebounds and four assists as a sophomore for a Wallace team that finished 14-7 and a successful AAU campaign, the Indianapolis Star reports that the Dawson Pursuit Heats Up with Purdue and Indiana Hot on the Trail as Matt Painter and Tom Crean both have made the trip to Gary (IN) to see Dawson during open gyms this month. Painter and Crean are battling more than just each other, though. Dawson told the Indianaplis Star he has offers from Georgetown, Marquette, Ohio State and UCLA, where he is planning an unofficial visit to this weekend. Notre Dame is another school Dawson is interested in and part of his list of 10.
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Staying out in the midwest, the Quad City (IA) Times has a story on Rock Island (IL) point guard Chasson Randle as the class of 2011 blue-chip recruit Randle is Busy Whittling List of contenders from 10 Division I schools that already have offered scholarships. Those schools include Illinois, Iowa, Iowa State, Purdue, Wisconsin, Ohio State, Michigan, Notre Dame, Florida State and Miami.
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ChicagoHoops.com reports that DePaul stopped by Moraine Valley Community College to check on Dwight McCombs, a 6-foot-8 power forward who originally enrolled at Miami (OH) following a high school career at Whitney Young in Chicago.
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Class of 2010 Chicago (IL) Foreman guard Lavonte Dority of Chicago Elite picked a scholarship offer from the University of South Florida following an open gym session on Thursday afternoon, according to ChicagoHoops.com. The 6-foot point guard is expected to make an official visit to USF in early October according to the article.
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While Reggie Smith gets most of the attention out of Thornton HS, college recruiters have not overlooked 5-foot-8, class of 2011 point guard Jay Parker from the program. ChicagoHoops.com reports that Parker is hearing from a number of schools including Wisconsin, Xavier, Dayton, Marquette, Hawaii, Northern Iowa, and Providence.
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The arms race in college basketball on campuses across America is the addition of practice facilities. yesterday was the Ribbon Cutting of the Carmelo K. Anthony Center at Syracuse (Syracuse.com) as the new SU basketball practice facility is now open for business.
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Midnight Madness will hit gyms around the country three weeks from today when colleges can begin their official start to practice. Preparations are already underway at Providence as the Friars are Preparing Fan Participation for Events Like Late Night Madness (Providence Journal) October 16th in Alumni Hall on the PC campus.
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A little bit outside of the Big East, although there are several references to the conference throughout, here is a piece with two of the better writers you will find covering college basketball from many different angles as Justin Young on his National Hoops Report has Just a Minute With Gary Parish of CBS Sports.

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