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NBA Roundup: Forget About It Jake, It's Inglewood
Notes on Sunday's games in the National Basketball Association ......

About Last Night ...
What you missed while attending the All-Star Game ... • NBA: All that's left of Nicholson is a set of chattering false teeth on the pavement ... Mavericks stomp Lakers for 17th straight win. • Tennis: Don't make a Federer case out of it ... Roger's streak ends at 41. • College basketball: That Ohio ...

Welcome To The Frothing-At-The-Mouth Insanity
We'll get more into our thoughts on the bracket tomorrow — and before you yell at us, we really didn't expect Illinois to make it, and we're far from certain they deserve it ... not that we mind! — but first off, we wanted to get our Deadspin PDF bracket up there and ready for you ASAP....

You Are Not Invited, Jim Boeheim
I hate how CBS does this. You've got teams sweating it out, nervous wrecks waiting to see if they'll get in... and the show opens with Greg Gumbel explaining how a single-elimination tournament works. Then we spend about three more minutes with Gumbel spouting off as many words as he possibly can ab...

Examing Potential Targets Of Billy Packer's Rage
We're just minutes away from CBS's selection show, where Jim Nantz will tell you what lucky schools got an at-large tournament bid, and then Billy Packer will tell you why he hates them. Someone has to play the curmudgeon. Two years ago, St. Joe's earned the scorn, and last year, it was George Mason...

To Watch Tonight...
• College Basketball: NIT Selection Show. I am very sorry to tell you that I'll be watching. 9:00, ESPNU. • NBA: Mavericks @ Lakers. With Kobe's proclivity for elbowing white people, Dirk should probably watch his back. 9:00, ESPN. • Movie: Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story. Perhaps Patches O'Houliha...

LeftoverDome...
• A PGA Golfer is in a whole lot of trouble over a street race that killed someone. [SI] • When the tires are hard, Tony Stewart gets pissed off. [Loser with Socks] • You know what Evander Holyfield is going to do? He's going to investigate this thing all by his damn self. [Deuce of Davenport] • Per...

Like You're Above That, Lewis
This isn't new, but with the upcoming onslaught of ESPN tournament coverage, I thought it might be helpful to revisit some of the masturbatory habits of your favorite ESPN analysts. Majerus likes Ashley Judd, and in the absence of Ashley Judd, likes hotel room porno....

The Patriots Are Dominating Free Agency
I'm growing increasingly uncomfortable with how the New England Patriots are spending money this off-season. The Patriots are a threat to win the Super Bowl when they aren't spending money. Adding Adalius Thomas, Wes Welker, Kyle Brady and now Donte Stallworth to the mix... it just makes me terribly...

That Lucky Janitor Saw Something Special
West Virginia isn't likely to hear their name called during this evening's NCAA Selection Show, so to cushion the blow, I thought we could check in with former Mountaineer stars Mike Gansey and Patrick Beilein and see what they're up to these days....

The Behavior In The WAC Is Very Disappointing
WAC commissioner Karl Benson (the Tiny Universe was unavailable for comment) is concerned about some of the behavior of his players and coaches during the WAC tournament. The Idaho Statesman runs down a list of poor WAC behavior, including Reggie Theus storming onto the floor and yelling at an oppos...

Can Pacman Jones Please Pick Up His 7-10 Split In Peace?
With "wrong place, wrong time" becoming less of a clich and more of a way of life, Pacman Jones is in the news again. A knife-wielding man went after Pac in a bowling alley last night, threatening to beat him up and slice a few holes in him. Jeff Fisher is not a suspect....

College Hoops Compendium: Where To Start...
An effort to hit the high points in yesterday's college basketball action would be futile... there wasn't much that happened yesterday that wasn't significant. If you sat on your ass and watched college hoops all yesterday, I salute you....

NCAA Tournament Schedule
TUESDAY, MARCH 13 7:30 p.m. Florida A&M Rattlers (21-13) vs. Niagara Purple Eagles (22-11)...

About Last Night...
• College Basketball: Georgetown 65, Pitt 42. I'm still waiting for Pitt to make their run. • Women's College Basketball: UMBC 67, Vermont 56. This was televised. I saw it. • New Mexico State 72, Utah State 70. I didn't see the game, but two of the AP's first three paragraphs were about how Reggie T...

George Washington Colonials
1. Hip....Hip-op....Hip-op-anatamus. He get all da easy ones! The champs of the A-10 Tournament are the fightin' Colonials from the George Washington University. Thank god they don't call it that, like some teams I know. In the Big Ten. Who wear red and gray. While the Gdubs are called The Colonials...

Miami RedHawks
1. You Give "Of" A Bad Name. In NCAA football we have Miami and Miami of Ohio. Perhaps in basketball, we should have Miami and Miami of Florida. Who's with me? (Charges out of Delta House) ... (Returns) What the f**k happened to the Deadspin I know? Where's the spirit? The Miami University RedHawks ...

Brigham Young Cougars
1. Provo is an international destination. No, really. Hanging next to Danny Ainge's oversized jersey in from the rafters of the Marriott Center is that of Kresimir Cosic. Cosic, a 6'11" center from Croatia, became in 1972 the first foreign player to be named a UPI All-American. BYU's international p...

Ohio State Buckeyes
1. Jerky The Cornjerker. Every one knows that Thad Matta went to high school in the appropriately named Hoopeston, Ill. (OK, maybe just I knew that? But did you know that the Hoopeston mascot was Jerky the Cornjerker? He looks like this. I wonder what their version of The Tomahawk Chop looks like?...
