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		<title>News and Notes Around the NEC: May 20</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 16:48:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nelson C.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the summer of 2013 debut of News and Notes Around the NEC. We are now 131 days until Friday, September 27 which is the new earlier date for NCAA Division I teams can begin practicing for the 2013-14 men&#8217;s basketball season. In the 40-plus days since a national champion was crowned, there has [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blackbirdshoopsjournal.com&#038;blog=38427277&#038;post=6259&#038;subd=liublackbirdshoops&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>BHJ&#8217;s 2nd Annual List of Fun (but probably unlikely) opponents for the LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds: &#8217;13-14 Edition</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 17:25:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nelson C.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are nearly a month into into the college basketball offseason and unlike like last year for LIU Brooklyn, it has been a lot more drama free. By this time last year, LIU had a couple of players decide to transfer and had to deal with a head coaching change from Jim Ferry to Jack [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blackbirdshoopsjournal.com&#038;blog=38427277&#038;post=6235&#038;subd=liublackbirdshoops&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>LIU Brooklyn MBB adds Temple to their &#8217;13-14 non-conference schedule</title>
		<link>http://blackbirdshoopsjournal.com/2013/05/01/liu-brooklyn-mbb-adds-temple-to-their-13-14-non-conference-schedule/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 16:48:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nelson C.</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Barclays Center]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday morning, College Basketball Insider Jon Rothstein tweeted out the following: Barclays Center triple header on 12/21 &#8211; Manhattan/Buffalo, Stanford/Michigan, Temple/LIU&#8230;..&#8212; Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) May 01, 2013 This tripleheader is likely the Brooklyn Hoops Holiday Invitational which LIU Brooklyn was a part of last season when they played Seton Hall. This would be the [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blackbirdshoopsjournal.com&#038;blog=38427277&#038;post=6240&#038;subd=liublackbirdshoops&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>LIU Brooklyn renames WRAC to Steinberg Wellness Center</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 22:11:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nelson C.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[LIU Brooklyn announced last week that the on-campus home for LIU Brooklyn&#8217;s men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s basketball teams, the Wellness, Recreation and Athletic Center, also known as the WRAC for short, is going to be renamed to the Steinberg Wellness Center in a dedication ceremony on Wednesday afternoon, April 24th. The renaming is in dedication to [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blackbirdshoopsjournal.com&#038;blog=38427277&#038;post=6230&#038;subd=liublackbirdshoops&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Joel Hernandez joins LIU Brooklyn for 2013-14</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Apr 2013 15:23:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nelson C.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been a good week for the LIU Brooklyn men&#8217;s basketball team. Earlier this week, head coach Jack Perri and his staff landed Iverson Fleming and today we learned that they have signed Joel Hernandez from Teaneck High School in New Jersey. Both Adam Zagoria and Alex Kline, two of the leading recruiting experts [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blackbirdshoopsjournal.com&#038;blog=38427277&#038;post=6225&#038;subd=liublackbirdshoops&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Iverson Fleming commits to LIU Brooklyn for 2013-14</title>
		<link>http://blackbirdshoopsjournal.com/2013/04/18/iverson-fleming-commits-to-liu-brooklyn-for-2013-14/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 02:20:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nelson C.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Recruiting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iverson Fleming]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It looks like LIU Brooklyn has added another player to the fold for the 2013-14 season. On Thursday evening, recruiting guru Alex Kline tweeted the following: Former Hofstra commit Iverson Fleming, a 2013 guard, has committed to LIU, a source says.&#8212; Alex Kline (@TheRecruitScoop) April 19, 2013 Iverson Fleming is a 6&#8217;1&#8243; guard from North Brunswick [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blackbirdshoopsjournal.com&#038;blog=38427277&#038;post=6216&#038;subd=liublackbirdshoops&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Jamal Olasewere at the 2013 Portsmouth Invitational Tournament</title>
		<link>http://blackbirdshoopsjournal.com/2013/04/14/jamal-olasewere-at-the-2013-portsmouth-invitational-tournament/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2013 19:33:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nelson C.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past week, 2013 NEC Player of the Year Jamal Olasewere headed to Portsmouth, Virginia to play in the annual Portsmouth Invitational Tournament (PIT) which is a tournament of 64 invited senior players who play in teams of eight players and they play in three games in front of NBA and international scouts and executives. [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blackbirdshoopsjournal.com&#038;blog=38427277&#038;post=6209&#038;subd=liublackbirdshoops&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Julian Boyd receives medical waiver, gets his sixth year of eligibility</title>
		<link>http://blackbirdshoopsjournal.com/2013/04/09/julian-boyd-receives-medical-waiver-gets-his-sixth-year-of-eligibility/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 17:16:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nelson C.</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Julian Boyd]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Great news for LIU Brooklyn fans! One important piece of the 2013-14 LIU Brooklyn puzzle was revealed today. LIU Brooklyn forward Julian Boyd was granted his medical waiver request by the NCAA for missing most of his fifth (senior) year of eligibility due to his torn ACL injury he sustained in December. Boyd will be [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blackbirdshoopsjournal.com&#038;blog=38427277&#038;post=6074&#038;subd=liublackbirdshoops&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Thanks for a Great Year One!</title>
		<link>http://blackbirdshoopsjournal.com/2013/04/08/thanks-for-a-great-year-one/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 16:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nelson C.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tonight the NCAA crowds a new Division I men&#8217;s basketball champion and thus bringing the 2012-13 college basketball season to an end. With this being the official end of the long four and a half month journey, I wanted to take this opportunity to say thanks to many people who helped in the growth and [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blackbirdshoopsjournal.com&#038;blog=38427277&#038;post=5849&#038;subd=liublackbirdshoops&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Jamal Olasewere to participate in the 2013 Portsmouth Invitational</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Apr 2013 02:48:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nelson C.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[LIU Brooklyn senior forward and reigning NEC Player of the Year Jamal Olasewere was selected to participate in the 2013 Portsmouth Invitational Tournament in Portsmouth, Virginia. The Portsmouth Invitational Tournament is an annual tournament which invites 64 seniors across college basketball to participate in a four-day, twelve-team tournament with each team consisting of eight players [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blackbirdshoopsjournal.com&#038;blog=38427277&#038;post=5947&#038;subd=liublackbirdshoops&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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