Kind of busy in the offline world today. Time to just run the links.

Mike Young is looking really good at St. Benedict’s.

“He’s playing great. He’s playing fantastic,” St. Benedict assistant coach Bob Farrell said. “His game has gotten a lot better this year, and I think it’s because of his perimeter skills. He worked real hard in the offseason developing his outside shot.

“Now, the bigs have trouble covering him on the perimeter. He has become a solid, solid all-around player. Jamie Dixon is getting a heck of a player.”

Young is a McKeesport native who played at Shady Side Academy as a freshman before deciding to attend St. Benedict’s as a sophomore. He then played at Hudson Catholic in New Jersey as a junior before returning to St. Benedict’s. Both Rivals.com and scout.com rate him a four-star player. Rivals ranks him the No. 97 player in the country and scout No. 95.

Young had a nice performance Sunday when he had 16 points and seven rebounds in a 63-51 victory against Montrose Christian (Md.) at the Hoophall Classic in Springfield, Mass.

Young has been playing the small forward and power forward positions for St. Benedict’s, a perennial power in New Jersey. Among Young’s teammates are senior guard Tyler Ennis, a Syracuse recruit, and sophomore guard Isaiah Briscoe, who already has scholarship offers from Pitt, Syracuse, Baylor and Florida, among others.

That he happens to be a local kid is seeming more and more like a nice extra rather than a particular feature. Zanna and Moore will be seniors next year. Minutes may be tough for him to get as a freshman, but he will be positioned to be the starting power forward as a sophomore.

Some topics already noted here after the Providence game: Patterson being pushed by Durand Johnson in practice, along with Zanna slumping and free throw issues in this notes piece. As for Steven Adams promise and pain, good point here with his fouls: they come in bunches.

What Adams has to learn is not to commit fouls in rapid succession. He did it in the second half against Cincinnati, drawing two only moments after Bearcats center Cheikh Mbodj went to the bench with foul trouble. Adams also drew three fouls against Marquette and four against Connecticut.

“He‘s still a freshman, and he‘s still learning not pick up some of the fouls he picked up that got him out of the game and messes up his flow,” Patterson said. “Once he learns how not to get those tic-tac fouls, Steve‘s going to be real dominant.”

After the Providence game, it was noticed that Cam Wright never even got in the game. That after only 5 minutes of action in the prior two games. Coach Dixon apparently said not giving Wright any playing time was a mistake on his part, and expects to play him on Saturday.

“We really want to get back to our 10-man rotation,” Dixon said. “I talked to Cameron about getting ready to go Saturday. He needs to be in there. He makes us better.”

Wright is averaging 14.6 minutes and 4.3 points per game with one start.

“We need the defense and rebounding that he brings,” Dixon said.

Easier said than done, when Trey Zeigler is playing so well lately. Add in Durand Johnson’s continued growth and it is hard to see how to get Wright out there for a lot of time at the moment.

Big East parity: Pitt’s right in the midst of it. Looking at the conference from the outside, Pitt’s close games seem part of the overall norm. As a fan: maddening.

More “Send it in Jerome!” memories. I’ve been told that College Gameday this Saturday morning will include a feature on the 25th anniversary of it.