Max Good speaks on conference realignment

Men's Basketball Head Coach Max Good was a guest speaker at the Kentucky Association of Basketball Coaches clinic this weekend and had unfavorable things to say about the recent shuffling of colleges amongst conferences.

He was quoted as saying the moves were "cannibalism," and greedy.

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Dakarai Tucker on LMU recruiting radar

Both ESPN and FoxSports list LMU as an active recruiter of Dakarai Tucker, 6'4", 175 lb small forward from Gardena, CA. The class of 2012 forward is also garnering interest from Santa Clara, UC Riverside and Cal State Bakersfield.

ESPN writes, "Tucker is a long and wiry wing-type with blossoming skills. He affects the game at both ends due to his defensive presence and relentless pursuit of the ball. He is quite potent on the fast break where he uses his length and athletic prowess to get to the rim."

Lions make offer to local power forward

According to Scout.com and Hot100Hoops, LMU has made an offer to 2012 power forward Chris Reyes of Damien High School in La Verne, Ca. The 6'6", 200 lb forward is scheduled to visit Gonzaga early next month.

In addition, Reyes will also visit St. Mary's, Boston College and UC Santa Barbara.  

Santa Clara star to miss entire season

As just reported by Diamond Leung of ESPN, Santa Clara men's basketball star Marc Trasolini will miss the entire 2011-12 season due to a torn ACL. Trasolini was the team's second highest scorer and leading rebounder.

According to the report, "Trasolini, a native of Vancouver, Canada, suffered the injury while playing in front of a hometown crowd during the Broncos' exhibition loss to Trinity Western University on Tuesday. The senior came down on the leg after attempting a shot within the game's first two minutes, and was sidelined for the rest of the evening."


Read more here: http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/35071/marc-trasolini-tears-acl-during-trip-home

Hoops adds one more home game

The men's basketball team has added a home game to the previously released schedule. The Lions will host Vanguard in Gersten Pavilion on December 27 at 7 p.m. The Lions will host a program-record 19 games at home this season.

"We had an open date to play with and after the conference schedule came out, we didn't want to go 10 days without playing a game," said Head Coach Max Good. "We were working on a home-and-home relationship but at this late of date our options were limited. We were fortunate to be able to schedule Vanguard at home. We made an effort to play more at home. We accomplished that."