Kansas State is back in the NCAA Tournament for the fourth straight season and fifth time in six years. Here are five things to know about the Wildcats: 1. Rodney McGruder leads the team in scoring. MCGRUDER! He averages 15.7 points per game, and 5.4 rebounds per game, and like the “McGruber” SNL skit, he can explode in a hurry. 2. They share the ball well. The Wildcats rank 13th in the nation in assists per game (16.0). Point guard Angel Rodriguez
College basketball teams across the nation begin practice in about three weeks, and the season will be here before you know it — just like the NBA. The major news organizations will be publishing their polls soon enough, but we are getting a jump on them because schools are in session, “informal” practices are already ongoing and a whole new crop of “one and done” players have already discovered that dorm food is never, ever an option. So without further ado, here
11. Petteri Kaponen, Guard, Finland, (Dallas owns draft rights) Kaponen has been moving up the food chain in European basketball since he was drafted in the first round back in 2007. Kaponen is the clear leader of the undefeated Finnish squad, pouring in 22.8 points a game to go along with 5 assists, as he prepares to take the step up to the Euroleague with the Russian giant, Khimki Moscow. He has excellent size for a point guard at 6’5”, and