Michael O'Brien: August 2008 Archives

The Sun-Times' Chris Bonjean is part of a new college basketball website, nextyearsteam.com. It's chock full of the sort of info college hoops junkies need.

Check out the Illinois page.

The Champaign News-Gazette released the names of 12 teams that will play in a shootout at Assembly Hall on December 13. It's a seven game shootout, so there will be two more added to the list eventually...

Manual, Peoria Central, Waukegan, Warren, Sterling, Centennial, Robinson, Rock Island, Mahomet-Seymour, St. Thomas More, Olympia and Curie.

From Steve Tucker:

Northwestern's new women's basketball coach Joe McKeown got his first oral commitment when 6-3 Dannielle Diamant of Las Vegas committed to the Wildcats last week.

Diamant is the granddaughter of coaching legend Jerry Tarkanian.