The Media Circuis Begins

STORIES FROM THE DANCE FLOOR
Phil Taylor over at SI.com lays the gravy on the Dook bandwagon too much. He tries to answer the question why Dook is hated so much, but ends up piling on his personal love. He acts like they are the most squeeky clean program in history. Whatever............. Slightly different look at last night's game.......... Take it to the bank that BJ will play this week (story here)............... Wow, this guy says our chances of winning are "About as much chance as an elk on the interstate". Well, obviously people forget that we have already beaten UConn and Dook this year. But you know what - great. Let's continue to be the underdoy and take the nets down in SA........ The GT/Ok.St game is certainly going to be considered the "undercard", the "warm up bout". This story calls it the "low carb match-up of the day". Get used to it............... Here's a nice look at the Jacket's grit from the Tuscon Citizen.......... Langford from Kansas is sour over that charge call that fouled him out in the 2nd half. When he has a chance to go back and look at the replay, he will see that the refs were right (another story on the call here)........... This on Kansas not being able to make 3 final fours in a row.............. Here's a look at the four remaining teams with UConn a clear favorite.

The Final Four MVP could be the team trainers (story here)........... Here's some misc notes on the dance, including the fact that Paul Hewitt was born (1963) 5 years after Eddie Sutton STARTED his coaching career.

How about this - GT has held their opponents leading scorers to 13-52 shooting in the dance. That's 25%. (story here)

OK.ST. WILL PROBABLY BE THE SENTIMENTAL FAVORITE
Remember the plane crash that killed about 10 players back in 2001 (story here)? I am sure that will provide a strong storyline for the game - certainly more sentimental than BJ Elder's twisted ankle. Here's another story on the tragedy.

Here's a look at the match-up going into the weekend. These guys are tough defensively and we should not expect either team to score much more than 65 points.

ALL REGIONAL TEAM NAMED
J.Jack was named the regional MOP and C-Moore made the all-region team also. The other players were KU's Simien and Miles and Nevada's K.Synder.

LUKE MAKES THE HOMETOWN PRESS!!!!!!!!!!
Our "216cm" center scored 15 points. Ain't metric great? (story here).

RECRUITING R.MORRIS
Some pre-game notes on R.Morris prior to the McDonalds All-American game - "Media access to the players is somewhat limited, but 6-foot-11, 270-pound center Randolph Morris out of Landmark Christian (Ga.), a teammate of both Howard and Josh Smith’s with the Atlanta Celtics, said that while he is contemplating his decision between Georgia Tech and Kentucky, the possibility of heading straight to the NBA is also on his mind. "It’s a choice [among] Kentucky, Georgia Tech, or the draft,” said Morris, who also mentioned that his performance this week will not impact his decision." ............ Looks like the NBA is not out - stay tuned.

ALL-TIME ACC FOOTBALL TEAM
CFN.com has listed their all-time ACC football team. Only one Jacket makes the squad - Ken Swilling. What do you think? Is that fair? (story here).

WHERE ARE THEY NOW - JASON COLLIER
Looks like Jason has earned himself a spot for the remainder of the season with the Hawks - nice going. A little hometown flavor. Dez White comes to the Falcons and Collier with the Hawks - nice.

ST.JOHN'S CONSIDERING BOBBY GONZALEZ
Well, St.John's fans are FINALLY getting it through their head that they will not get Paul Hewitt. Believe it or not, many of them only think that way because we are going the Final Four. A few really deluded fans actually still want to wait until the season is over. Looks like they have shifted their search to B.Gonzalez from Manhatten.