McCan't's

Ungrateful assholes. Everyone involved. The whistle blowers, the fans who care and now the players. They are all a joke.

1) Whistle blowers are clearly just snobby stuck up jokes who want their moment of fame. They don't like basketball and are sick of these classroom slackers. I get that. I wouldn't write a paper for a player either without some compensation coming back my way. But agree to it, make your deal, whatever you need to do and then shut it.

2) The fans who care have to be fans of Ivy League schools or the Stanford/Notre Dame/BC's of the world who took the high road with this student/athlete standard. Big time sports fans as a general rule must know these players, of any sport, are not all meant to attend elite University's. They just happened to have a differentiating factor that exists outside of the classroom that provides them admittance. Sports are entertainment, they are not this moral high road. Once upon a time entertainers were looked down upon as a lower class. I am not telling anyone who they should look up to but people need to take things at face value. If you love college basketball it is certainly not based on McCants writing ability.

3) Rashard McCants was a good college basketball player. He was not good enough to continue entertaining and is grasping back at the limelight. I do not know who McCants thinks he is to blame the school who offered him a community, a place to play ball and the opportunity to learn. The University understood school was not his first priority and provided an out which he took. He is simply taking advantage of a situation and then screwing over the school that helped him.

I know McCants helped the University, in winning a National Championship, and plenty of other schools would have taken him. It is not like UNC was the only one who reached out but that is where he ended up and that is who helped him.

This I ripped right off the ESPN article
"If there are Carolina fans that don't like what's I'm saying and don't like what's happening right now, they need to look in the mirror, see that it's a bigger picture," he said. "... I'm putting my life on the line for the younger generation right now, and I know that nobody else wants to step up and speak out because everybody's afraid, fear, submission, especially the black athletes ... . "College was a great experience, but looking back at it, now it's almost a tragedy because I spent a lot of my time in a class I didn't do anything in."

THE TRAGEDY IS YOUR LAZINESS, NOT THE SCHOOLS
THE TRAGEDY IS YOU HAVE TO PUMP GAS DESPITE A DEGREE FROM UNC
GOOD LUCK BEING A MARTYR AFTER PISSING AWAY A FULL RIDE BECAUSE THEY GAVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE LAZY

The only people allowed to be upset are athletes who took on a full class load while competing at such a high level. They can be upset but hopefully first and foremost they did it to improve their life after school and can laugh at McCants for taking the road easily traveled.

Another aside, according to McCan'ts Wikipedia he had a relationship with Khloe on the Kar'dash. They split due to his infidelity...And his sister's name is Rashanda. Yes Rashard and Rashanda.

An A10 Basketball Preview: 1.0

     With the A10 grabbing 6 bids to the big dance last year I think its time they got their own legitimate article. As a Major conference in the NCAA, the people need to know who's who in this league before they lose all their money in ill-advised bets. With that said, I'll give you the predicted top 5 teams going into the 2014-2015 season:

#5) Dayton Flyers

Key Losses: Devin Oliver (12.1 ppg)

Key Recruits: Darrell Davis

Story:
   
     After an impressive run in the tournament, the Flyers can feel good going into this season, even without a solid recruiting class. They are returning their top scorer Jordan Sibert for his senior year, as well as Dyshawn Pierre who was a freak as a sophomore. Not to mention they still have Archie Miller who is believed to be one of the best coaches in college ball and comes from a family of good coaches (see Sean Miller). This team will have an uphill road though having to travel for games against George Washington, VCU, and UMass next season.

In-Conference Prediction: 11-7


#4) George Washington Colonials

Key Losses: Maurice Creek (14.3 ppg), Isaiah Armwood (12.7 ppg)

Key Recruits: Matt Cimino

Story:

     The scary part about the Colonials is that their top 3 players this year will only be Juniors. SF Patricio Garino (12.1 ppg), SG Kethan Savage (12.7 ppg), and PF Kevin Larsen (11.4 ppg) make up an outstanding triple threat. This team went 24-9 last year with those three as sophomores! With that many scoring options, the Colonials will at the very least stay close in every game, and it will come down to how well Garino and that nose mole of his can finish. I wouldn't be surprised at all if GW is in and out of the top 25 polls throughout the season. The only reason they are not higher is their tough 2-game conference opponents in Richmond, VCU, and George Mason.

In-Conference Prediction: 11-7 (better out of conference record)

#3) The University of Massachusetts - Amherst

Key Losses: Chaz Williams (15.6 ppg), Raphy Putney (8.8 ppg), Sampson Carter (10.4 ppg)

Key Additions: (potentially) Naadir Tharpe and Rashaan Armstead-Holloway

Story:

     This squad took a big hit when they lost their senior leader in Chaz Williams. He's the only 4'8 ft player I've ever seen squeeze his way into a tight hole and get his shot off with ease. Kid played his best when his team looked to be face down, ass up, and led UMass to their first tournament bid since 1998. With that said, this ranking is really leaning on the Minutemen getting Tharpe. Coach Kellogg needs another dynamic playmaker who can run the floor with Gordon, Lalanne, and Esho. It will also be interesting to see how Clyde Santee develops, as he's in line for a big increase in minutes going into his sophomore year. As far as depth goes, this team has one of the deepest benches in the A10 with Berger, Santee, and Trey Davis (again, assuming Tharpe is on the squad). 

In-Conference Prediction: 12-6

#2) University of Rhode Island Rams

Key Losses: Xavier Munford (16.9 ppg)

Key Additions: Jared Terrell, Jarvis Garrett, and Jordan Hare (coming back from leave)

Story:

     For the 2nd straight year, Coach Hurley has been able to bring in an outstanding recruiting class. Last year he was able to acquire the A10 reigning freshman of the year, E.C. Matthews, as well as freak athlete and A10 All-Freshman teammate Hassan Martin. For those who stopped watching after the season went downhill last year, E.C. averaged 19.2 ppg in his last 11 games, he was 1 of 3 freshman nationally to average 14 ppg, 4 rpg, and 2 assists. He also LEAD THE NATION with the most 20 point games in 2014 as a freshman. Rhody has their senior bully Gilvydas Biruta (former Big East All-Freshman team) coming back to clean up boards and Jordan Hare coming back for his sophomore year after a 1 year sabbatical to help his kid. Jared Terrell is going to give this team a huge boost, as he has been touted the highest recruit URI has ever had. A lot of teams may write the Rams off early, but with the additions of Terrell and Hare combined with improvements from their young core of E.C. and Hassan, this team is well on its way to the tournament.

In Conference Prediction: 13-5

#1) Virginia Commonwealth University

Key Losses: Juvonte Reddic (11.9 ppg), Rob Brandenberg (9.6 ppg)

Key Recruits: Terry Larrier, Mike Gilmore, Justin Tillman

Story:

     Lets all agree to call a spade a spade here and admit this team is going to be a problem. They return the hands-down favorite for A10 player of the year in Traveon Graham for his senior year, while grabbing three ESPN Top100 recruits in this years class. This team can run 10 players deep and not lose an ounce of talent on the floor. They can match up with anyone and run them out of the gym by keeping fresh legs on the court. How VCU continues to recruit with such disregard for the rest of the league is beyond me and should probably be looked into by the NCAA. I fully expect this team to steam roll through the A10 this year for an easy tournament bid and a top 15 ranking nation-wide. 

In-Conference Prediction: 15-3