Working on a few midweek items, such as Names to Know and Places to Go and How to Use. However for now, let’s head over to places where writing professionals have produced material worth digestion.

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Seth Davis–who is probably 1,000 times better at his job than you think–writes about the season beginning with a whimper. Come on Mr. Yeager, if the NCAA isn’t going to do it let’s get after it in the CAA. I’ll forgo the New Year’s Eve CAA Kickoff for a Turkey Day Quadrupleheader.

Here’s the funny thing about that: college basketball is my passion, and I did not know we got underway tonight. We’re a little focused on Thursday in my house.

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Mull writes about The Dub’s scrimmage win. Most important to Dubfans:

Dominique Lacy’s comeback. He got off to an awful start in the second half, back-to-back turnovers trying to make an entry pass, allowing his man to beat him backdoor for a layup, forced jump shot. He regrouped during his next stint and finished with 11 points and three steals and two assists, but the five turnovers are troubling.

Benny Moss said in August that Lacy’s biggest problem was between his ears–that one bad play carried over into two bad plays and three bad plays and the next thing you know Lacy was at near Josh Clark frustration levels. (W&M and VCU fans know that reference.) Lacy appears to let bad plays roll off him so far.

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The people that “get it,” and I mean get it in the way that we like people to get it around here, is a small list. We try to bring you those people as much as possible. Damon Lewis, Kyle’s partner at Mid Majority, gets it. He’s in the top five of folks we read, and he should be in yours.

Money graf, because he sums up what we’re trying to accomplish here:

Here at The Mid-Majority we opt for “soft news,” as it’s known in the business. Human interest stories, critical analysis, open-ended questions to engage your mind and make you think…with no word-count restrictions or time constraints. Plus, there’s true, unadulterated respect in everything we do. You don’t have to respect Kyle (although I’m sure he’d appreciate it), you don’t have to respect me (yes, I’d definitely appreciate it), but you can join us in respecting the game. We do what we do because of the love we have for small college Division I basketball, the players and coaches trying to perfect it, and the fans that live for it. My scribbles will be a testament to the respect I have for this game and by stopping in each day, you remind us that you share our passion.

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