- Fouled out: The officiating crew of the St. Johns-Rutgers game in the Big East tournament. Tim Higgins, Jim Burr and Earl Walton failed to call an obvious foul on St. Johns, late in the game, then compounded the mistake by missing a traveling call which would have given possession back to Rutgers with 1.7 seconds to play. St. Johns won the game, 65-63.
- Fouled out: The NCAA. How in the world can this bureaucratic body rationalize why they suddenly ruled Perry Jones III of Baylor ineligible, only hours before tonight's game with Oklahoma? The supposed violation was a pre-enrollment situation, meaning it was not an institutional mistake. Did it truly take five months for college athletics governing body to figure this out?
- Turnover: Is there no better talent in Big 12 country than Doug Bell and Brendan Manser? The between-game and halftime shows on the Big 12 Network are incredibly weak.
- Foul: Pat Knight forced the issue at Texas Tech and urged the school's administration to announce his firing, even though the Red Raiders had at least one tournament game to play. Knight thus becomes the first major coaching casualty of the post-regular season of 2010-11.
- Turnover: There has never been an official on the NCAA Rules Committee. How can one not have an official--the person actually enforcing the rules--on the committee which sets the rules?
- Turnover: Nebraska. The Cornhuskers were still in the running for an NCAA Tournament berth but lost, by one, to Oklahoma State when they were unable to get off a shot late in the game.
- Foul: Ricardo Patton. Remember Patton? The coach who flirted with but never tasted consistent success at Colorado ended up at Northern Illinois. And, after four years, NIU has fired Patton, who went 35-83 during his tenure there.
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