Title Game, Manu Exits, Early defections, etc....

Leading off....

• UNC dismantles good ole Sparty.... Well, It's pretty simple..I turned it on...it was 32-11...it was never close....the talent disparity was huge, and when UNC shoots almost 60% and Ty Lawson has 7 steals in the first half? Night night....Congrats to the Heels on fulfilling their preseason hype....
• MLB Roundup (Opening Day Version): Johan Santana....lights up Cincy to the tune of 3 hits...dominant....Felipe Lopez bombs from both sides of the plate in the same game.... Cliff Lee gives up more runs in 1 start than he did in his first 7 starts last year (7 to be exact).... and Joe Saunders actually proves me wrong for one night.... 6.2 IP, 3 hits, 0 ER....dominant....but that's more of an indication of how bad Oakland's offense could be lol...
• Manu Ginobili out for the year....unceremoniously ending the Spurs chances to win the West and eliminating (in my mind) the chief competitor to the Lakers in the West....Insert...Roger Mason? Yikes....Stick a fork in them....and I never want to do that....and I STILL think they could make the conference finals (as long as they dont fall to the 4 seed and draw LA in the 2nd round)....but any thoughts of an upset ended with Manu's ankle...

Quick thoughts on the early defections to the NBA....

• Blake Griffin....Come on, really? lol
• Ed Davis returns....The biggest prospect on UNC stays....will take over for Hansborough and be the go-to-guy...huge for them
• Jodie Meeks leaves....This one caught me off guard.... I don't see why he leaves other than trying to capitalize on his big year....he's still not a lottery possibility....
• Devan Downey (South Carolina) leaves...like his game...not his upside
• Dejuan Blair....Absolute non-shock in my mind as he leaves school...he's too small but has the gerth, the hands, and the rebounding ability to be one of those successful undersized PF's a la Paul Millsap/Craig Davis
• They'll be many more to come.....

Coaching changes....

• Sean Miller to Arizona...it's official now.... Love this for Arizona and hugely heart-breaking for Xavier....
• Memphis stays in house and hires Pastner.....Not overly shocked, but this will certainly hate recruiting immediately....but I like the prospect of a homegrown guy...