During halftime of the Boost Mobile Elite 24, a game that annually features 24 of the nation's best high school basketball players, Wiltjer announced he was picking UK over Wake Forest, California, Gonzaga and Texas, the other schools who wanted him. He made his commitment without even visiting the Wildcats camp, something that is quite surprising and relatively rare.

The cab ride that went wrong was finally settled, and it happened well before a trial got underway. Yesterday in court, Ole Miss coach Andy Kennedy, after previously paying an undisclosed amount of money to the cab driver who claimed Kennedy verbally and physically assaulted him in late 2008, got his wish: an apology. Cabbie Mohamed Jiddou and valet Michael Strother had the defamation suit, brought on by Kennedy, dropped against them. ... Read More

Unrest at UConn, Rutgers' coaching search may last into next week (or longer), condom prices getting out of hand, how Binghamton's "interim" coach is getting two more years ...

We knew ESPN lost/backed out in the bidding for the rights to broadcast The Tournament last week. But why'd it happen? Was it a case of two being stronger than one? ESPN is the richest, most powerful sports network on the planet, and for it to lose out the way it did — it just didn't feel right. ESPN has "won" in a sense in that, when you think college basketball, ... Read More

My heart has slowed to a normal beats-per-minute pace and the sweat has subsided. The bonfires are burning high in Durham as I type this, just after midnight, and Duke is atop the college basketball mountain once again. Going to do all the heavy lifting tomorrow morning beginning around 8:30 a.m. Until then, here's how one of the 10 best title game finishes (if you don't think so, how high would ... Read More

Did you miss how Xavier's women's team blew its chance to go to a Final Four? Heartbreaking March for both squads from the Queen City.

Still no video evidence of any couches going up in flame. Apologies.

You want a hint? It's wiggity wiggity wiggity wack!

Here's what to build your next two nights around. No question that tonight's second window is the must-see pairing. I'll have MMOD fired up, watching MSU-UNI, because I know I'm getting Duke here in Connecticut. FRIDAY 7:07 p.m. — St. Louis I Ohio State vs. Tennessee; ... Read More

Before we get going, I have to emphasize to you just how difficult it was to make this list. When I started, Xavier was 14th and Northern Iowa was ninth. I'm basing my rankings on not just two games of tournament play but also what these teams have shown all season; it's a combo platter of how good you play when it matters most and still respecting the body of ... Read More

No real surprises in terms of what teams are put where. Kentucky gets the late game Thursday night. Yeah, very little work will get done, win or loss, in the Bluegrass State on Friday. And wow: Gus Johnson gets the region without a bona fide Cinderella. Huh? No fair! Sure Xavier or Butler reaching the Final Four would be quite the long shots, but neither of those schools are as ... Read More

The Counting Crows frontman crowed about his alma mater's win yesterday and asked Seth Davis to kiss his ass while doing so.

CBS and Seth Davis did a fantastic job by wrapping up their Friday-night broadcast of all things Tournament by going through just what exactly happened at the end of the New Mexico State-Michigan State game. The video I have below doesn't have the lane violation in question, but if you got a chance to see the frame-by-frame shot on the network last night, it's clear that the Aggies DID commit a ... Read More

CBS just sent out the memo, so here's what we're looking at in terms of Sunday's schedule. 12:10 PM Buffalo I Syracuse vs. Gonzaga Gus Johnson/Len Elmore 2:20 PM Milwaukee I Ohio State vs. Georgia Tech Ian Eagle/Jim Spanarkel 2:30 PM Spokane I Michigan State vs. Maryland Tim Brando/Mike Gminski Approx. 2:40 Buffalo II West Virginia vs. Missouri 2:50 PM Jacksonville I Wisconsin vs. Cornell Jim Nantz/Clark Kellogg Approx. 4:50 Milwaukee II Pittsburgh vs. Xavier Approx. 5 PM Spokane II Purdue vs. ... Read More

Talked to Greg quickly this evening, and I wanted to share with you what he had to say. I want to add that he's wearing some pretty ridiculous sneakers to go with that suit he's wearing. As I tweeted, I'd love to share them, but a CBS PR person asked that I not. Bummer. CHJ: Can we get some reaction from you in the first afternoon? GA: Amazing. It, definitely, in my ... Read More

And links to all the firings that happened yesterday. It's a Monday-after-Selection-Sunday tradition.

We'll find it soon enough if Mississippi State gets a bid or not (my guess is no, but it wouldn't shock me), but should the game have even gone to overtime? Looks pretty close that both Eric Bledsoe and John Wall committed lane violations on the free throw Bledsoe shot. The shot he intentionally missed that gave Kentucky a chance to tie the game and send it into overtime. We may have ... Read More

We don't need to get into the ugliness that was the Minnesota-Purdue game. The Boilers bumped themselves down to a 3, maybe a 4, and looked as bad as anyone could ever remember. I mean, 11 points by halftime? OK, let's move on, because the two stories that came from this game are Minnesota's at-large chances seemingly increasing in a big way and Lewis Jackson injuring his left foot. But Lewis ... Read More