Monday Morning Dump

- Must-read of the weekend -- Kent Babb on the situation at Kansas State. Terrific stuff.

- The best gamer from Wisconsin's win over Ohio State came courtesy of Luke Winn.

- If you didn't know about Jordan Taylor, now you know. You didn't really think OSU would run the tables, did you? During the post-game courtstorming, Jared Sullinger got spat on. The Badgers got a special message from the most popular man in Wisconsin

- So who will be the new #1-team in the country? Let the debate begin! It's Kansas right? or is it Texas? What about Pittsburgh?

- Jeff Eisenberg was able to land an interview with Norris Cole after his 41 points, 20 rebound, 9 assist effort on Saturday. Good read.

- Jeff Goodman provides a top-ten list of the best moments from Saturday's action. Speaking of top-ten lists, Mike Miller provides ten takeaways from Saturday

- Jason King explains why the beastliness of the Big East may prevent a team like Pittsburgh from reaching the Final Four. King also breaks down all the action from the Mid-Major scene

- Andy Katz looks ahead to the three games he is looking forward to watch this week

- The Big Lead takes a look at the success (and lack thereof) of conferences in March Madness

- Texas is playing defense at another level.

- Jeff Borzello explains St. John's is no longer "just good at MSG". Borzello also fills us in on a commitment picked up by Auburn

- A great-read on Ryan Fagan's basketball road-trip into the Carolinas

- Western Kentucky head coach Ken McDonald has dismissed senior forward Cliff Dixon from the basketball program

- Xavier beat Duquesne on Sunday afternoon to take the lead in the Atlantic-10. It seems like every that come March, they are always at the top of the Atlantic-10

- Kentucky just can't win close games on the road, and the reason as to why may not be that simple

- San Diego State continues to play efficient, error-free basketball and the play of D.J Gay is one of the big reasons why. Speaking of the MWC, Mike Miller details UNLV's trouble getting off the bubble

- Minnesota coach Tubby Smith blasted his team after an uninspired performance in a home loss to Illinois earlier in the week. The players believe they deserved it and want to get better. Speaking of Tubby Smith, Minnesota Star-Tribune columnist Jim Souhan blasted the head coach pretty hard for his failure, to uh, coach

- New York City basketball has been way-down rercently, but a couple of NYC-area teams have decent chances of doing some post-season dancing

- St. Joseph's defeated Fordham on Sunday 76-70 for the program's 1,500th win in school history

- An interesting statistic regarding Marquette's inability to beat good teams on the road

- Kent State landed a commitment from six-foot-four shooting guard Kris Brewer