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30 of the nation's top collegiate basketball players have accepted invitations to participate in the July 12-14 USA Basketball Men's Pan American Games Team Trials that will be held at Haverford College (Pa.). The Trials will be used to select the finalists for the USA Basketball Pan American Games squad that will look to capture gold at the 2007 Pan American Games that are being held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 13-29. Athlete selections for the Trials were made by the USA Basketball Men's Collegiate Committee, chaired by Syracuse University head coach Jim Boeheim.

Jermareo Davidson (Alabama)

Jared Dudley (Boston College)

Taurean Green (Florida)

Jared Jordan (Marist)

Carl Landry (Purdue)

DJ Strawberry (Maryland)

Reyshawn Terry (UNC)

NBA Draft: Jermareo Davidson

17 games last night.. seems like a good day to write capsules for all 17..

BC 85 - FSU 82 - You figure FSU just needs to stay at .500 to make the Tournament.. but they're now 2-4. Against teams not named Stetson or Georgia State, the Noles are 0-5 away from home. Lets assume they beat Wake (a lock) and Maryland (not a lock, but 80% chance) at home next week, this would get them back to .500. But then brutal road games loom against Clemson and Duke back to back, which presumably drops them back to 4-6. Will be an uphill battle from there.

Illinois 51 - Indiana 43 - This was a huge win for the Illini, who hadn't beat a decent team (let alone a ranked one) all year. This game was pretty ugly though.. good defense, scrappy play, but some pretty horrendous offense. The difference was two back to back Rich McBride threes deep in the 2nd half.. otherwise neither team was really able to hit perimeter shots. (9 of 36 threes combined).

Tyler Hansbrough is the leading vote getter.

Favorite: Florida. Player of the Year: Glen Davis. Conference Rank: 3rd.

Florida is #1 in the SEC Preseason Media Day Poll.

Florida is represented by three players on the prestigous Wooden Award Top 50 Preseason List.