Things That Aren't Surprising

UConn is dirty.

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/news?slug=txuconnncaa

Should the NCAA use the death penalty?

Here's an interesting opinion from Gregg Doyel about Oklahoma's second recent run-in with the NCAA.

I don't know if imposing a "death penalty" on a school is fair. SMU football has been lost in the wilderness since they received it. But it is an interesting notion to ponder in the off-season.

Little Ten/ACC Challange

Duke - Michigan State should be great.

11/29: Virginia at Minnesota
11/30: North Carolina at Illinois
11/30: Ohio State at Florida State
11/30: Michigan at Clemson
11/30: Georgia Tech at Northwestern
11/30: Iowa at Wake Forest
12/1: Michigan State at Duke
12/1: Purdue at Virginia Tech
12/1: North Carolina State at Wisconsin
12/1: Indiana at Boston College
12/1: Maryland at Penn State

The Devil & Kentucky

Rumblings out of Chicago mention the Bulls interest in chasing John Calipari to be their next head coach. There are the usual immediate denials but it's known that Claipari would "love", so I've read, to coach Lebron and he is a free agent, you know....

Kentucky fan...you made the deal...