- Jim Tressel suspended 2 games and fined for a perceived cover-up of the Terrelle Pryor memorabilia scandal... "The Vest" would've been the last guy I'd think would get caught up in any NCAA scandal, but this is a blackmark for him... any talk of him being fired seems wildly speculative, and that rumor has already been squashed, but this type of turmoil is pretty severe when you consider that I can't even think of the last time an SEC head coach was suspended... and I don't feel the least bit bad about smiling when I heard this news... Go Blue...
- The Miami Heat have lost 5 straight games... 6 out of 8 games overall, and the last 4 (!) at home... this after a 105-96 loss to rejuvenated Portland last night... in typical fashion, Lebron and Wade were pretty impressive (69 total points, 13 assists), but the Heat got literally nothing off of the bench (just 8 points total), and Chris Bosh shot 3 of 11 for 7 points... The story is played out at this point in that they just don't have reliable role players, their end-game situations are predictable, their bigs are woeful, and they haven't executed... there it is.... on Portland's side?... People forget how scary of a team this could be... Brandon Roy had a spring in his step last night (14 points on just 8 shots in 23 minutes), Aldridge has become a legit superstar, and that's a crunch-time 5 that's as good as anyone's... if I'm an upper-echelon West team, that's the team I want to avoid in Round 1 because I feel like they could beat anyone sans LA, and even then, with a healthy Camby/Aldridge, they match up decently...
- Zach Greinke has a broken rib... that he broke playing basketball... these are always fun stories... apparently, Greinke is in week 2 of a 4-6 week recovery time, and while his new team probably isn't happy, he'll be okay for Opening Day...
- College Hoops!... Champs first... Arkansas Little-Rock hit a game-winning triple at the buzzer to win the Sun Belt (big-ups)... Butler cruised over UW-Milwaukee by 15 in a virtual road game to win the Horizon... and Oakland held off Oral Roberts to win the Summit League behind Keith Benson's 28 and 14... he's a legit NBA talent...
- Elsewhere in CBB... Villanova goes down in a heap... they've lost 10 of their last 15 including 5 in a row, and honestly, I have no idea what the committee does with them... they could be down around the 9-10 seed at this point, and there's a legit argument for leaving them out of the field (which won't happen, but still)... Marquette seals their bid (it seems) with a drubbing of Providence in Round 1... and Princeton beats to Penn to force a 1-game playoff with Harvard for the Ivy League crown... only in the Ivy!...
- Cam Newton and Nick Fairley had their pro day in Auburn yesterday and it was carried live on ESPN3.com.... Come... On.... The thing about this is? I'm sure they got excellent ratings... I just don't understand it... at any rate, both reportedly looked good, as Cam impressed in his throwing display, and Fairley worked to shed complaints about his size/technique...
- NBA (Non-Heat) Check... The Lakers beat up the Hawks 101-87 to win their winning streak to 8... as usual, Atlanta had no answer... and while I was pleasantly surprised by Larry Drew's rotations (i.e. burying Josh Powell, etc.) but the Hawks couldn't overcome another lackluster game from Johnson (4-14 fg) and another Jamal Crawford stinkbomb (2 of 8)... Philly stayed hot with a 10-point road win against reeling Indiana... Thaddeus Young led the way with 18 and 9 for the Sixers... and Phoenix got a big win over Houston behind 64 combined points from Hakim Warrick (whattt?!) and Vince Carter... overcoming 32 from Kyle Lowry on the other end (who apparently eviscerated Steve Nash)...
What to watch for on Wednesday...
- Big East 2nd Round - #19 UConn vs. #22 Georgetown - 12:00 ESPN - Best matchup of quality teams on the day... and it's a noon start on a Wednesday... awesome
- big East 2nd Round - Rutgers @ #18 St. John's - 2:00 ESPN - I don't see the Johnnies dropping a "home" game to Rutgers....
- Big East 2nd Round - Marquette vs. West Virginia - 9:00 ESPN - Everyone assumes that Marquette is in... but if they got this one, it would no longer be an assumption...
- Big Sky Final - Montana vs. N. Colorado - 9:00 ESPN2
- Knicks @ Grizzlies - 8:00 NBA-TV - If you don't like college hoops... not a bad game here
Enjoy...
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