Monday morning links - 7/2

Well holy freakin crap, the grades from last season are finished!!! And to top things off, it's hotter than balls outside, and this writer has a basement living room with no windows that is nice and cold. This all equates to probably a lot more writing on here for a change, as well as an upcoming 20-part summer feature that should stir up a little conversation.

Now, you're probably thinking, "Yeah right, this idiot took three whole months to bust out basketball's final grades." And you know what? I agree!! But with the start of fall football camp only a little more than a month away, the excitement is building.

In the meantime, it's time to get caught up on what's been going on around the USU world from everywhere else. There's been a handful of football recruiting commitments, some basketball updates and a few extra-curricular activities. So let's jump in...
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First off, Tony Jones was right there with me through most of May and June in taking time off. He's been a lot more on the ball lately though, so here's some of the important stuff from the last few weeks.

• Football is already up to 11 commits for the 2013 class. Not sure we were able to say that until mid-January this past year.
• The basketball schedule is coming together... just without USC.
• The Maurice Alexander situation is finally explained.

Now for the best of the rest...

• Nick Ballam offers up a solid review of some pick-up basketball. Be sure to read the disclaimer though.
• College football finally pulls their collective heads out of their asses. We're getting a playoff!!!
• Braden Harris gets his own football feature after committing to be an Aggie.
• The WAC Tournament will stay at The Orleans in Las Vegas for one more season.
• *EDIT - Just stumbled across this gem from Brandon Gurney at the D-news about the recent upswing in USU's football recruiting.

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That's all for now. Be back a little bit later to outline that 20-part feature that's coming up.