Weekend Update

Latest recruiting updates at Recruiting Wars

The AOL Hell (old school term) Fanhouse has a number of stories, including Greg Oden's dream to become a dentist (seriously, is he the next "Mermaid"?), Bobby Brown's (of NOT Long Beach State, but of Cal State Fullerton [thanks Jeff for the correction!!!]) chances in the NBA draft, the female edition of the ACC/Big Eleven challenge starting up, ACC deciding to stick to 16 games per conference season (WHY!!! North Carolina __MUST__ play Maryland twice. Drop the Wake Forest game!), Santa Clara getting all uptight about a long-time announcer standing up for Dick Davey, stories on Ole Roy, Boeheim-Hopkins and Billy Glyde Gillespie (or Gillispie).

Blogger Rivalry! The Florida vs Kentucky online rivarly is (understandably) heating up. More on this at A Sea of Blue

MSNBC's Beyond the Arclooks at the college players in the NBA draft, and looks back at the 20-year anniversary of the magical 1987 Providence Friars run to the Final Four, a group that featured almost 4 NCAA championships (Pitino, Donovan).

March Madness All Season has a round-up of round-ups for the last week, a good way to catch up with the latest happenings in the ESPN-less world of off-season college hoops.

Are head-coaches also politicians and/or lawyers? Some of the patterns in their comments and behaviors certainly remind some of politicians and lawyers. For instance, John Pelphrey is adjusting expectations at Arkansas by elaborating on the "team out of shape" comment.

Shopping Segment!. Today only (Sunday), Amazon's daily deal item is the Bowflex Conquest Home Gym for the price of 130+ Ben and Jerry ice-cream pints (or $540). Currently they offer free shipping!