- If you haven't checked out the Tim Floyd rant, you need to find it on YouTube. Floyd, the current coach at UTEP and former coach at USC and Iowa State, absolutely went ballistic at officials earlier this week during the game the Miners lost to East Carolina. He has since been reprimanded by Conference USA officials for his antics, which ultimately required a police officer to help assist Floyd off of the court.
- Two former Cinderella teams from recent Final Fours are getting hot at the right time. George Mason notched their 14th consecutive victory last night in a win over Northeastern. Butler, national championship loser last year, has won six in a row and is now 20-9 heading into its season finale Saturday against Loyola (Ill.)
- Congratulations to University of Kansas senior guard, Tyrel Reed, who was named an Academic All-American. It's the 15th time a Jayhawk has been named as Academic AA in basketball, the most of any Division 1 school.
- If you're the Boston Celtics, do you really want to make wholesale changes to your roster at this point in what has thus been a very successful season? The Celtics' dealing of Kendrick Perkins and Nate Robinson could disrupt team chemistry and is a gamble given Perkins' consistent defense. Jeff Green, acquired from Oklahoma City in the trade, provides versatility but Boston now has a very thin frontcourt.
- The Miami Heat are 19-2 when LeBron James, Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh combine for 75 or more points.
- Game of the week in the Big 12--Missouri at Kansas State on Saturday. A Kansas State win puts the Wildcats and Tigers tied for fourth at 8-6 in the league with two games to play. Missouri finishes at Nebraska and at home against Kansas; Kansas State has to travel to Texas followed by a home game with Iowa State. If MU wins in Manhattan, then they are comfortably positioned in the top four heading into the Big 12 tournament in Kansas City.
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