A few more items

Just asking/not knowing: does the first appearance of freshman frontcourter Renaldo Dixon in New Mexico State's last game mean Wendell McKines is redshirting? Or is Coach Marvin Menzies simply in need of greater depth with McKines and Hamidu Rahman currently sidelined?

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We're less than double-digit games into the season yet there are individuals posting thumbs up/thumbs down declarations on Marvin Menzies (does 'winning' against Michigan State qualify as short term or long term memory loss?) and Steve Cleveland.

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At the Bulldog Barks and Bytes basketball MB (Karl Malone's Court) under the link Brandon Gibson, Dwayne from Minden (after all, there is only one) has posted that LT's Darius Redding is now inactive due to academics. He is a 6-foot-4 sophomore forward and his stats this season are six games played, just under 23 minutes a contest, 6 points and three rebounds a contest.

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Melvin Grussing at his superb Antelope Valley College basketball site, has a new post up indicating the squad is not playing up to its potential, losing a tourney final to a less talented team, with a strong emphasis on t-e-a-m. The money quote: "Nick Bennett, sophomore 2 guard said it all after the game. “'We just got to play it hard the whole time.”Egos got in the way and headcases and stuff like that, we just got to play as a team the whole time." It's tough to beat the best JUCO team in California when your best player can’t make it to walk through before the biggest game of the year so far and is held out of the starting line up..." 

In the top player reference, is that Utah State signee Kyisean Reed? 

In another post from another contest, Melvin has this: "JUCO BB expert Ref Heckler after the game: “Kyisean Reed looked like he was playing for “Golden Valley High” in the first half.” In the second half, he took over the game and looked like a NBA star.”

Maybe an injection of vitamin Stew Morrill will cure whatever is the ailment.