Some of you may remember that a female friend of Randy Moss’ claimed during Super Bowl week that he had physically injured her. Well, she’s asked to have her charges against Moss thrown out. Very nice.
Today is another fantastically slow day. Some thoughts, however:
1. The Houston Rockets won their 19th consecutive game last night, this time defeating the inferior New Jersey Nets. Next week, the Rockets will begin a stretch where they play Los Angeles (Lakers), New Orleans, Detroit, and Boston (among others). That should be a good test as to how good they actually are.
2. San Diego won the WCC Championship last night, meaning that 3 teams from that conference better get into the tournament, eliminating Syracuse or Maryland, or some other als0-ran.
3. The big conference tournaments, however irrelevant, begin later this week. The best, of course, will be the Pac-10, which I think USC will win, though a team like Oregon or even Arizona State (who should already be in) would be wise to go on a run and secure an automatic bid to the dance, as I fear the committee will take a traditional team (Maryland) over a good team (Arizona State).
4. Tyler Hansborough will have his Number 50 retired by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (not to be confused with UNC-Wilmington or UNC-Asheville, who may or may not retire 7’7” Center Kenny George’s queen-size bed sheet, er, jersey). I hate Tyler Hansborough. Hate him because I wish he played for Duke or Tennessee or West Virginia or Kansas or UCLA. Anyone but UNC. However, he gets the stuffing beaten out of him nightly and still puts up great numbers. He is the National Player of the Year. Not Michael Beasley, who has put up great numbers on a very average team. Hansborough carried UNC while Tywon Lawson was out for most of the conference schedule. They’re a talented team, yes, but they wouldn’t be where they are without “Psycho T.”
5. Those of you who had Harvard winning the Ivy League next year in your office pools may want to rethink that, as their top recruit has decided to not attend the school, beyond the fact that he wasn’t actually academically worthy of being there.
6. I still hate Joe Lunardi.
7. Today would have been a good day to do my NFL mock draft, but I fear that I’m losing readers and question whether I should put forth the effort.
Game O’ The Day: There isn’t one. There’s no intriguing NBA matchups. The only Men’s College game of note is Cleveland State and Butler in the Horizon League final. Oral Roberts and IUPUI squaring off in the Summit League finals intrigues me slightly, but it’s not a game of the day. My advice: Check out the Veto competition tonight on Big Brother 9, formerly “Til Death Do We Part.” Apparently death comes after the producers.
Mid-Atlantic Bias 
Oh, don’t kid yourself. The only worthwhile reader is still here, and very interested in your mock. I’d be interested in a breakdown of our fantasy league, too, if you’re looking for things to do.I think St. mary’s and Gonzaga are both comfortably in, but neither did themselves any favors. I think VCU is comfortably out. Maryland is too inconsistent. In my opinion, the ACC only deserves three, and maybe four, this year, with Miami (bubble), Clemson, Duke and UNC being those teams. The relative weakness of the ACC would make me question Duke as a #1 seed, even if they win the ACC.Are you insinuating the distraction of Moss was intentional?I’m feeling another guest post, breaking down the UNH Football Schedule, if you’re interested. I hope all is well, and I love both you and your blog.