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Today we have a Top 50 list of players from our boys at Flagrant Fouls and Hoop Stars Canada, Jared Mintz and Kalisha Keane making the pre season all conference list, the PBL Draft and a lot of CIS news right here in Canadian Content ...

First we want to start off by saying that Ontario Basketball is having it's Gala Dinner tomorrow where they'll be inducting several people into the Ontario Basketball Hall of Fame.  If you are in the Toronto area, look to come out and support grassroots basketball ...

In pro news ...

We start off with Capt. Canada Steve Nash going for 18 points on 6-of-10 shooting including 2 threes, 3 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals in Phoenix's big win over Utah last night. 

With the 2011 PBL Draft over, here are some looks on the picks by the Halifax Rainmen ... Halifax Rainmen Select Spears and Cuffe at PBL Draft - OurSports Central - Independent and Minor League Sports News

And also by the Saint John Millrats ... Mill Rats Select Ex-Hoya in 2011 PBL Draft - OurSports Central - Independent and Minor League Sports News

Here are the looks on the draft picks by the Kebs ... Journal de Qu ... Les Kebs mettent l'emphase sur l'attaque avec leur trois sélections au repêchage de la PBL pour la saison 2011 | Basketball Québécois

telegraphjournal.com - Nine Mill Rats games coming to Rogers | TELEGRAPH-JOURNAL - Breaking News, New Brunswick, Canada

And in some high school news ...

Our boy Nolan Shulman of Flagrant Fouls gives us a look at rising talent Kenny-Fred Chery ... VIDEO: Kenny-Fred Chery AAU Highlights  | Flagrant Fouls

And Nolan, along with our other boy Barry Hayes from Hoop Stars Canada, give us the top 50 of 2012 ... 2012 Canadian High School Player Rankings | Canadian Rankings | Flagrant Fouls

Lexie Der: STM's stat-stuffing star sets sights on NCAA career next season with Boise State - Howie's High School Hamper

And in some big NCAA news ...

Toronto area native Jared Mintz gets a pre season First Team All Colonial nod from the coaches ... Lafayette College Official Athletic Site

And check him out here in an interview at about the six minute mark in his pink shirt ... American Earns First-Place Pick in Patriot League Men's Basketball - PATRIOT LEAGUE OFFICIAL SITE

And we want to give a big shout to Kalisha Keane for also getting a pre season First Team All Conference nod from the coaches ... Women's Basketball Picked Third in Big Ten Preseason Poll - MICHIGAN STATE OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE

And last but not least in CIS news ...

Our colleague Mark Wacyk of www.cishoops.ca gives us a look at the coming weekend in the CIS ... CIS Hoops.ca: Final Weekend of Pre-Season Play

Young Dinos face 'growing pains'

There's something about Mary

Injury alters Cougars' strategy

Pandas hobble into season | The Gateway

Algoma U appoints former Thunderbirds MVP head coach

UBC women's basketball games are more thrilling than men's | The Vancouver Observer - News, Culture, Sports, Blogs in Vancouver, BC

Rouge et Or: Rouge et Or basketball<br>Aux États-Unis contre la NCAA

Comox Valley Record - Comox Valley court stars shine in CIS

High school philosophies serving TWU's Allen well heading into UBC showdown - Little Man On Campus