Folks, Derrick Rose can play some basketball. In his first collegiate game for Memphis, Rose had 17 points (on 8-16 shooting), 6 rebounds and 5 assists. He followed that up by scoring 21 points (on just 6-8 shooting) in tonight's victory over Richmond. Rose would be the best guard to come into the college game in a long time, and will be the difference in helping Memphis take that next step to the Final Four this season.
Meanwhile, Kentucky cruised over Scottie Pippen's alma mater Central Arkansas 67-40 in coach Billy Gillispie's Wildcats debut. Gillispie already has the Wildcats playing his patented lock down defense, and look for the Cats to start really coming along as guys like Joe Crawford, Jodie Meeks, Ramel Bradley and Patrick Patterson adjust to Gillispie's system.
In some off the court news, Lute Olsen would be taking an indefinite leave of absence as Arizona's head coach. Assistant coach Kevin O'Neill, formerly the head man at Marquette and many other places, will run the Cats in Olsen's absence.
Speaking of Marquette, the team suffered a tough blow when freshman forward Trevor Mbakwe had to undergo knee surgery. Mbakwe will now redshirt this season, leaving a void in the Marquette frontcourt. Assuming a healthy recovery, Mbakwe will be the athletic presence that Marquette has needed upfront the past few seasons.
UCLA point guard Darren Collison sprained his knee in the Bruins preseason tilt against Azuza Pacific and could miss a week or two. The more serious for the injury for the Bruins comes from sharpshooter Michael Roll's ruptured foot ligament. From the sounds of it, Roll appeared to have won a starting job alongside Collison and junior Josh Shipp in the backcourt.
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