If you'd like to listen now, you can click right here. I'm putting this post up Sunday night. iTunes is being a little prickly, so it may not enter into the store for a few hours now. Topics discussed: • What teams would match up best against Louisville in the NCAA tournament? • Do the Cardinals only now need one win in the Big East tournament to ge tan at-large? • Recapping a few ... Read More

The games that only — maybe — affected seeding down the road. Let's crack 'em open. — Kansas falling 85-77 at Gallagher-Iba and losing a perfect season in the Big 12 is first up. Despite the loss, we've got writers believing it shouldn't lose its grip on the top ranking. I could care less about rankings now, but I do agree with the notion. The Jayhawks, although they lost a tough ... Read More

Tomorrow I'm going cover a lot of what has to be done for these teams to remain alive, but here's a list of pretty much every bubble game of consequence from Saturday. Writing this from press row at Louisville-UConn, so the analysis will be brief. I'm sure you prefer it that way. Saint Bonaventure 81, Rhode Island 74. No team suffered a worse loss Saturday. This about let all the air ... Read More

In response to sports radio talk, maybe the occasional column or the general pressure around his job and his program, Hewitt started preaching on Twitter this week. It's the wrong battle to fight. His message: leave my team alone.

No time to waste. This is a terrific slate ahead of us, so let's get to all the good stuff below. The big games New Mexico at BYU (Saturday, 4 ET). Awesome game. Freaking terrific game. New Mexico won the first one, which was played a month ago to the day this one will be. What's at stake? I'm thinking a seed on the 4 line or better. If the winner of ... Read More

Well, this is a welcomed action. Some stones from the brass in the Big East with news coming out of New York that two of the officials who botched the end of the Louisville-West Virginia game won't be at the Garden in a week and a half. I, of course, take all the credit. Nah, I really don't, but before we get into the details of the "benching" or "suspension," if ... Read More

(UPDATE: Please give this blog a read. I know there are hundreds of cancer-recovery blogs out there, but we've got a college hoops blog theme to it. The man who is stricken with it is just 23 years old. He's a former teammate of CHJ buddy Rob Dauster of Ballin' is a Habit. A good writer and an easy read. Again: Cancer motivates people as much as it depresses those ... Read More

"The Student Section Supports” highlights one game each weekend that is under the national radar and/or has high upset potential. If Virginia Tech wants to stay in the good graces of the selection committee, it had better win at home Saturday against the second-best team in the ACC. Malcolm Delaney also gets a crack to go up against Greivis Vasquez for Player of the Year bragging rights in the conference. When: ... Read More

• Why didn't Stokes use the ol' uromysitisis excuse? {Zags Blog} • There was another ACL injury that ended someone's season yesterday. The Missouri Tigers are now without Justin Safford, a minutes eater. Tigers had already overcome a lot of roster problems this season. {Kansas City Star} • If you really want to get a good look at the personalities and tendencies of a lot of these teams, Seth Davis does a ... Read More

No. 2 Kentucky 82, South Carolina 61. In the last podcast I recorded I mentioned how Patrick Patterson will have a big game in the NCAA Tournament for Kentucky. Whether it comes in the second, third or fourth round, it will happen, I promise you. Patterson showed why he can and will make me look like a smart lucky guy. He had 23 points, eight rebounds and four blocks last ... Read More

Varnado is, dare I say, still underrated? At the very least, he's under-appreciated and underexposed. I got a few minutes on the phone with Varnado yesterday, and he was forthcoming about a few things and tight-lipped on a few others.

Most sports fans realize those three words are always followed by another two: season over.

The ongoing circus/drama/showcase at Kentucky continues. It's been a remarkable season, one that seems book-worthy whether this team wins a title or not. We can't get through seven days without a story about this team that's doesn't pertain to winning or losing. The latest non-on-the-court news comes from NBADraft.net's Aran Smith, who got an interesting quote from a scout that chose (naturally) to remain anonymous. The quote was picked up by ... Read More

If you're on Twitter and follow anyone that writes about college basketball, then you know about what I'm going to link to. But I figured I had to make a post about this because it's simply a FREAKING GOLD MINE. A college hoops lover's sopping wet dream. And I've got a few friends who read the site and aren't on the tweet machine, so they'll appreciate this. Do I wax poetic ... Read More

Plus, an interview with the player who has the best GPA in Division I.

And we had two shot-blocking records set last night.

Buzz Williams called the play to end regulation, but Marquette didn't execute. Then he called it with eight seconds remaining in overtime, and it failed again. But then the Butler took care of everything. The loose-ball chucks are one of my favorite kinds of buzzer-beaters because I like a little chaos in my life. You can't micro-manage everything, and it's OK to be lucky sometimes. Karma was on the side of the team ... Read More

Like it or not, we have to get used to the fact that Tournament-expansion conversation is going to be had for the foreseeable future. It'll die down once the season ends, but until 68, 80 or 96 teams are decided upon — or a definitive, long-term decision is made that it won't happen — coaches are going to be approached about the subject on a consistent basis. This is the ... Read More