Weekend Dump

- Mike Miller believes the decision to fire (or keep) Bruce Pearl was made much easier thanks to the Volunteers 30-point blowout loss to Michigan. If Pearl is out at Tennessee, we could see a handful of roster changes

- This is two days old, but is definitely word your time: Jason Whitlock's take on the Fab-5 controversy. He believes that the documentary is taking credit for accomplishments of John Thompson's Georgetown Hoyas. Deadpin has an a solid breakdown/timeline of the recent events. Ex-Michigan coach (and current SDSU coach) Steve Fisher discussed the documentary and played down the comments made by Jalen Rose

- Gary Parrish documented the elaborate response given by Buzz Williams at a recent press conference. (Must-read0

- Dona Ditota details Jim boeheim's feelings towards the excruciatingly-long television-timeouts

- Despite the dissapointing loss to Gonzaga, St. John's has found a leader in Steve Lavin

- We should all know what happened at the end of the George Mason/Villanova game. But before the game, GMU head coach Jim Larranaga gave a gripping pre-game speech. The Dagger's Jeff Eisenberg breaks it down for us

- Texas' Tristan Thompson and Jordan Hamilton stated that they will return to Austin next season

- Michigan's Matt Novak is a big Charlie Sheen supporter. According to one fan sign, Novak has tiger blood or so Mike Rothstein says

- Kemba Walker still has a year of elligibility left, but will graduate early from UConn. Due to his sensational season, his collegiate future is certainly in question

- Roy Williams is upset that the Tar heels didn't get the same type of hotel accommodations that the Dukies got

- yesterday we mentioned that Frenso State forward Greg Smith was going to declare for the NBA Draft. Welll now it's being reported that head coach Steve Cleveland is leaving the program as well

- An interesting read on Nasir Robinson and his display of hustle. If you remember, Robinson dove out-of-bounds to save a ball in the UNC-Asheville game and nearly took out radio annoucner and hall-of-famer Dick Groat

- Is Washington State's DeAngelo Casto going pro?

- Upon Further Review used a bunch of statistics to determine which regional is the toughest based on the first two rounds

- Even college athletics websites are getting caught up in the "Charlie Sheen Madness". VCU's website took the easy way out

- Following his team's heartbreaking loss to Morehead State, Rick Pitino said maybe he has been coaching for too long

- Now that Justin Anderson has committed to Maryland, Testudo Times takes a look at the Terrapins depth chart for the next couple of seasons

- Speaking of recruiting, Adam Zagoria keeps us up to date on all the news involving committments

- Stacy Poole had somewhat-forgettable season at Kentucky. But despite the frustration, he won't be transferring from Lexington

- As ussual, Craig Sager brings a heavy pallet of unnecessary colors to sideline wear

- Graham Watson profiles George Mason's band. The "Green Machine" is breaking the mold of typical school bands

- Boiled Sports put together a pretty-entertaining read on the difficulty in picking brackets and cheating in college sports

- Rush the Court takes a look back at the 1998 NCAA Tournament, which was filled with buzzer-beaters bracket-busters and instant-classics

- Kentucky vs. West Virginia is practically a national holiday for rednecks

- People on Tobacco Road wonder what UNC has to od to win the National Championship

- Lost Letterman provides a list of the ten tournament host sites that should never host games again

- Everything you need to know about March Madness in 60 seconds