The Blogosphere Files

Let's see what the fellow bloggers on the nets are talking about! Remember, we are just one week away from the first televised exhibition games!

Mid Major Fans this is Mid Majority Center.

The conference previews continue to fly in at March Madness All Season. Latest posts: Atlantic 10 14, Conference Calipari (aka C-USA), the Valley of Darkness (MVC) and the Colonial.

CAA Hoops Hoopla at the CAA Hoops blog.

Lots of updates at Cracked Sidewalks including a link to a brand new Big East podcast.

A Sea of Blue has a new On Notice Board!. It's awesome baby!!!

Speaking of which, I forgot to mention a couple of weeks ago how hilarious it was when Dick Vitale appearing on Mike and Mike in his own segment sponsored by On Star complained that Major League Baseball sold out to sponsors. Vitale saying that? Surely it can't be the Vitale who sells pizzas, endorses products and services during basketball broadcasts, and charges corporations thousands of dollars for speaking engagements. Surely that must be a different Dick Vitale.

Unlike Dick Vitale, I will take endorsements and won't complain about them. Give please :-)

On rumors, reporting and Patrick Patterson. And tidbits from the SEC Media Day.

George Mason gets a new big man and more at the George Mason basketball blog.

Truth about Duke is now on MySpace with Dick Vitale posing in a Duke cheerleader outfit. It's awesome baby. It's unbelievable! I'm awesome and articulate baby (as Phil Martelli parodies)

The SEC coach of the year, more bad news for Georgia and lots more at SEC, The Good. The Bad. The Dirty.

New updates at March to Madness with a discussion on the Mountain West's television situation. Mountain West games are on Versus, The Mtn and CSTV. The problem for Mountain West fans is that non-Comcast cable systems are not exactly jumping up and down to carry channels closely affiliated with competitor Comcast. That is one of the major problems when a service provider decides to become a content provider at the same time. This type of thing could potentially expand and fracture the TV availability of more games and conferences. This is on top of other issues, such as ESPNU and Comcast getting stuck in their negotiations. How hard is it to carry a new channel? Cable and satellite systems already carry hundreds of channels. What's another one that people actually want to watch?

The Coaches Poll (almost a three-way tie), the Big East and A-10 media days are among the topics at College Hoops Heaven.

Rush the Court breaks down the Coaches poll as well.

The conference breakdowns continue at Rush the Court with the Sun Belt and the Patriot League. Also an early look at the 2007-2008 Wooden candidates.

The Wildcats Thunder Blog and Message Board reports on the SEC Media day, and disects the BCSl. College Hoops fans aren't you happy we don't have to deal with BCS? Instead we get to play bracketology!

La Rev discusses Andy Katz's story on Josh "shroom" Heytvelt.

The Best rivarly slogans in the form of a t-shirt at Making the Dance.

Storming the Court is jam-packed with goodies including an interview with author and blogger Michael Litos, who wrote the book chronicling the magical mystery tour of George Mason in 2005-2006, an excellent round-up of solid players you may have never heard of, a round-up of round-ups, a sneak peek at Kyle Whelliston's game schedule, previews on Gonzaga and the Valley of Darkness (MVC), and the new high-tech Big Ten logo to be unbelieved during the conference tourney in March. Excellent coverage, be sure to visit!

Speaking of the Big 10, changing the logo won't make those ugly games any prettier. Big Ten, make your teams play basketball, and leave the football to your football teams and the wrestling to your wrestling teams. Thad Matta alone can't make the games fun and exciting. He needs help! I don't want to name any names Penn State, Illinois, Northwestern, Izzo, Purdue, Tubby Smith, Iowa. Follow Thad Matta's example. He got Greg Oden and a trip to the NCAA Finals :) Play basketball, not slugsketball!.

Did I just make up a new term? Proposed new term: Slugsketball: A college basketball game or a style of play that makes basketball as exciting as a slugfest.