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Extra! Extra! Big 12 Hoops Link Dump for 6/23/2011 NBA DRAFT DAY!!!

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Welcome to the morning Big 12 Hoops Link Dump. We try and scour the web to find interesting information on each school each morning, but seeing as it is the offseason, some schools might not have press from the day before. Check these links, then come back each day for updated links.
If you have any links of interest, post them in the comments section or send them to me for inclusion tomorrow.

2011 NBA DRAFT TONIGHT! - 7:00 p.m. ET on ESPN
The Dagger - Yahoo! - Evaluating this year's best NBA draft prospects by category
Topeka Capital-Journal - Pullen, Selby hope to make NBA Impact
Grantland - The Grantland NBA Draft Lottery Preview
SI.com - A collective scouting report on 40 prospects in upcoming NBA draft

BAYLOR BEARS
Dallas Morning News - Baylor to play in Preseason WNIT
I needed some Baylor news in here somehow.

IOWA ST. CYCLONES
Clone Chronicles - Basketball Recruiting: North by North... East
cyclones.com - Diante Garrett Hopes To Hear His Name Called

KANSAS JAYHAWKS
KUsports.com - Stock up, stock down: Morris twins soaring in NBA draft projections; Selby plummeting
ESPN College Basketball Nation Blog - What happened to Josh Selby's stock?
SB Nation - Markieff Morris Explains Anti-Derrick Williams Comments In A Weird Way

KANSAS ST. WILDCATS
KC Star - Campus Corner - Jacob Pullen downplays reported injury

TEXAS LONGHORNS
Dallas Morning News - Where trio of Longhorns might be taken in NBA draft
TexasSports.com - Trio of former Longhorns set for NBA Draft
Ridiculous Upside - 2011 NBA Draft Rumors Featuring Mock Drafts, Tristan Thompson And George Hill

The newest report comes from Sam Amick's latest NBA mock draft for Sports Illustrated. Amick's a pretty well connected individual, so when he says there's a good chance that the Cleveland Cavaliers are going to take Tristan Thompson if Enes Kanter is off the board within the first three picks, it means something.

TEXAS A&M AGGIES
Lost Lettermen - Did Larry Brown Get Turgeon Hired?

OTHER BIG 12 BASKETBALL NEWS
big12sports.com - Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship Seeding and Tiebreaker Procedures
Ridiculous Upside - Alec Burks Pulled A Jeremy Tyler At Utah Jazz NBA Draft Workout
San Antonio Express-News - 12 for 12: Among basketball's best
The 12 best Big 12 hoopsters during the 15 years of the conference.

OTHER BASKETBALL NEWS
TMZ - Cuban = Badass (.pdf)
If this doesn't prove to you how much of a badass Mark Cuban is, then call me and I'l explain.
Grantland - The Fiberglass Backboard
ESPN College Basketball Nation Blog - U-19 players weigh in on one-and-done

RANDOM NEWS
Roling Stone - Vanilla Ice Opens Real Estate Advice Website
WTOP Radio (Washington DC) - Beer pong championship lacks key ingredient: Beer
So, shouldn't it be called the 'Pong Championship'? h/t TBL

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