Shavlik Randolph, who has surprised a lot of people, us included, by sticking in the NBA, had a major setback when he broke his ankle. It sounds pretty serious. Best of luck to him in his recovery.

Name
Date
Min
Pts
FG
3P
FT
O Reb
D Reb
Reb
Ast
Stl
Blk
Trn
Fls
Result

*Shane Battier
2006-11-29
43
9
4/10
0/4
1/1
1
6
7
4
0
2
1
5
Loss at Phoenix Suns 102-91

*Carlos Boozer
2006-11-29
37
23
10/16
0/0
3/6
5
11
16
0
2
2
4
2
Win against San Antonio Spurs 83-75

*Elton Brand
2006-11-29
38
20
5/10
0/0
10/12
4
5
9
0
1
2
2
4
Win against Memphis Grizzlies 105-90

Mike Dunleavy
2006-11-29
33
19
8/14
2/2
1/1
0
5
5
2
2
0
2
1
Loss against Indiana Pacers 108-106

Daniel Ewing
2006-11-29
1
0
0/0
0/0
0/0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
Win against Memphis Grizzlies 105-90

*Grant Hill
2006-11-29
27
4
2/9
0/0
0/0
0
2
2
4
2
0
2
2
Win at Seattle SuperSonics 94-84

Dahntay Jones
2006-11-29
32
14
5/12
0/0
4/4
3
0
3
0
1
0
3
3
Loss at Los Angeles Clippers 105-90

Corey Maggette
2006-11-29
22
12
4/8
0/1
4/7
0
3
3
1
0
0
1
4
Win against Memphis Grizzlies 105-90

*Shelden Williams
2006-11-29
25
6
3/8
0/0
0/0
0
4
4
2
0
3
4
5
Win against [...]

Name
Date
Min
Pts
FG
3P
FT
O Reb
D Reb
Reb
Ast
Stl
Blk
Trn
Fls
Result

William Avery
2006-11-29
34
11
5/13
1/6
0/0
2
3
5
6
2
0
2
1
Loss against Hapoel Migdal 92-77

Season Statistics

Player
Team
G
GS
Min
MPG
FG
FT
3FG
OReb
DReb
Reb
RPG
Ast
APG
Stl
SPG
Blk
BPG
TO
TPG
Fls
Pts
PPG

William Avery
ALBA Berlin
5
4
167
33.4
27/6342.9
15/2365.2
10/3033.3
8
17
25
5.0
21
4.2
4
0.8
0
0.0
17
3.4
10
79
15.8

Name
Date
Min
Pts
FG
3P
FT
O Reb
D Reb
Reb
Ast
Stl
Blk
Trn
Fls
Result

Trajan Shaka Langdon
2006-11-29
31
14
5/10
1/5
3/3
0
0
0
2
2
0
2
2
Win against Winterthur FCB 76-57

Season Statistics

Player
Team
G
GS
Min
MPG
FG
FT
3FG
OReb
DReb
Reb
RPG
Ast
APG
Stl
SPG
Blk
BPG
TO
TPG
Fls
Pts
PPG

Trajan Shaka Langdon
CSKA Moscow
6
6
191
31.8
30/5851.7
12/1580.0
15/3444.1
3
22
25
4.2
8
1.3
10
1.7
3
0.5
4
0.7
15
87
14.5

Mike DeCourcy has two ACC-related columns up today, one suggesting UNC
(and Ohio State) can improve a lot, and one arguing that
State should move Gavin Grant to the point.
State may or may not have a choice, but certainly he’s correct
about
UNC and Ohio
State improving. We’ve been keeping an eye on Thad
Matta for some [...]

In the second night of ACC action, the conference nailed down a lopsided
victory over the Big Ten, winning 8-3.  UNC ran past Ohio State, 98-89,
B.C. was impressive in beating Michigan State, 65-58, Virginia Tech survived an
Iowa comeback, 69-65, Clemson went to 8-0 after thumping Minnesota, 90-68, and
Virginia lost to Purdue on a last-second jumper, 61-59. [...]

Duke 89, Old Dominion 40. November 29, 2006. Cameron Indoor Stadium.

Over the weekend, Duke traveled to Michigan and dispatched the Wolverines with ease. The game was a
homecoming for Coach G, who grew up in the area and had lots of family and
friends in attendance. Duke blistered Michigan with their [...]

Slate has an interesting article up href=”http://www.slate.com/id/2154631/” target=_top>
“contagioius shooting,” although it only has a brief reference to
basketball. It’s a story about the shooting of Frank Haith’s nephew and how (and
maybe why) the police tried to put about 50 bullets in him.
Stanley Crouch has some thoughts as well.

Gary Parrish takes a whack at the Big East, calling it overrated and top-heavy. The basic reality is that when you have sixteen teams, some of them have to suck. Just as a thought, why not have a not-so-great Challenge and let the bottom four ACC teams take on the bottom four Big East? [...]

The name Kojak Fuller may ring a bell: a highly rated high school recruit a
while back, Fuller ended up in prison for a while. But
he has turned his life around and won praise even from the prosecutor who
put him away.