June 2011 Texas A&M Aggies Wiretap
Florida State coach Leonard Hamilton said star Chris Singleton remains questionable for Friday’s NCAA tournament game against Texas A&M because of a broken right foot.
“I don’t feel one way or the other,” Hamilton said at a press conference.
The Seminoles have split six games in his absence.
Keeping Kansas State off the glass is a high priority for Utah State.
"They really hit the glass," Utah State guard Brockeith Pane said of the Wildcats. "They're top five in the country in offensive rebounding. They go to the glass every time with three or four guys. You can't scout that; that is something you have to see for yourself, and we'll go out there and do a good job at it."
USU head coach Stew Morrill made offensive rebounding an extra incentive for the scout team in preparation for the Aggies' first round matchup with K-State.
"You know what we did with our scout squad is we told them that if they got an offensive rebound we'd buy them a milkshake," Morrill joked. "We don't have the athletes on our scout squad like K-State has, but we just tried for several days to emphasize how hard they were going to go to the boards. Normally you have three guys go to the offensive boards in preparation — we had five."
The Big 12 is reportedly close to signing 10-year, $60 million television rights deal with Fox, a $40 million in increase from what it now receives from its cable contract.
The conference’s broadcast rights contract with ABC/ESPN expire after the 2015-16 season.
Two sources indicated that the $60 million might be a low-end projection. A deal could be announced by early April.
Kansas defeated Texas by an 85-73 final in the title game of the 2011 Big 12 Tournament.
Marcus Morris was named Tournament MVP and joined on the All-Tournament team by brother and teammate Markieff Morris, Jordan Hamilton and Tristan Thompson (Texas) and Alec Burks (Colorado).
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Ohio State is the No. 1 overall seed in the 2011 NCAA Tournament and will be placed in the East Region.
Joining the Buckeyes No. 1 seeds is Kansas in the Midwest, Pittsburgh in the Southeast and Duke in the West.
Pitt is the only No. 1 seed to not win their conference tournament, losing to eventual champion Connecticut in the quarterfinals.
San Diego State, North Carolina, Notre Dame and Florida are the No. 2 seeds, while Syracuse, Purdue, Connecticut and BYU are the No. 3 seeds. Kentucky, Louisville, Texas and Wisconsin are the No. 4 seeds.
Kansas and Duke were also No. 1 seeds in the 2010 NCAA Tournament, while Ohio State was a No. 2 and Pitt was a No. 3.
The Final Four will be held in Houston on April 2nd and 4th.
Marcus Morris of Kansas won the Big 12 Player of the Year Award, while Tristan Thompson of Texas was named Freshman of the Year and Ricardo Ratliffe was Newcomer of the Year.
Joining Morris on the First Team are Alec Burks (Colorado), Marcus Denmon (Missouri), LaceDarius Dunn (Baylor), Jordan Hamilton (Texas) and Jacob Pullen (Kansas State).
On the Second team are Thompson, Markieff Morris (Kansas), Kris Middleton (Texas A&M), Perry Jones (Baylor) and Diante Garrett (Iowa State).
On the Third Team are Gary Johnson (Texas), Cory Higgins (Colorado), Lance Jeter (Nebraska), David Loubeau (Texas A&M), Rodney McGruder (Kansas State) and Marshall Moses (Oklahoma State).
Dogus Balbay of Texas was named Defensive Player of the Year.
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