Wednesday Morning Dump

- After numerous rumors and much speculation, it looks like Mike Anderson will stay at Missouri and will receive a hefty contract extension

- Jeff Eisenberg wonders which underdog team has the best chance to make it to Houston

- Matt Jones details 16 story-lines likely to pan out during the Sweet Sixteen

- Ed Isaacson lists the 16 must-watch players in the western regional

- Chris Chase explains why, at least for the next few days, Richmond is Hoopstown, U.S.A.

- More on Bruce Pearl: He's had a rough six months. The search for the next coach begins now. A look back at Pearl's priors

- Matt Norlander provides power rankings for the 16 remaining tournament teams

- Eamonn Brennan and Andy Katz debate ESPN's power rankings

- The first weekend of March Madness received the highest TV ratings in the history of March Madness opening weekends

- Wisconsin has battled through the ebbs and flows of the regular season, and are finally riding the coattails of a heady senior class

- The Dukies pulled an all-nighter on Monday night, per Coach-K's request

- According to Coach-K, Kyrie Irving will get a heavy dose of playing time against Arizona

- The Final Four is still weeks away, but with Duke/UNC being a possible match-up, it's just too sexy to ignore

- We mentioned yesterday that Dayton freshman Juwan Staten would be leaving the program. Today we have learned that fellow freshman Brandon Spearman is leaving as well

- Wake Forest forward Ari Stewart has been granted his release from the program

- DeAngelo Casto has become the third Washington State player to get suspended by head coach Ken Bone this season. Casto violated team rules this week and will not play in the N.I.T. quarterfinals

- Morehead State head coach Donnie Tyndall has received a four year extension after guiding the Eagles to a second round upset victory over Louisville

- Fairfield head coach Ed Cooley will become the new head coach at Providence, taking over for Keno Davis, who left after three unsuccessful seasons at the helm

- An in-depth look at Virginia Commonwealth's run to the Sweet Sixteen

- The NCAA admitted that the referees got the backcourt call wrong at the end of the Marquette/Syracuse game

- A company is using complicated math equations (You know, the type we all avoided in high school and college) to determine how exciting a game is in real-time

- Some statistical proof that the ACC might have been jobbed by the selection committee

- Lost Letterman grades the broadcasters for their work during the first weekend of March Madness

- An open letter from up-tight Duke grads to rambunctious current Cameron Crazies

- Ridiculous Upside grades the D-League prospects that will emerge from the Sweet Sixteen

- If you've watched even just two minutes of VCU basketball this past weekend, you undoubtedly saw this guy (He has got to be related to Utah State's "Wild" Bill Sproat. He just has to.)

- Charlie Sheen's bracket had Long Island, Akron, Cincinnati and BYU in the Final Four


Good God, this is awful