Monday Morning Dump

- Jeff Goodman explains why Texas assistant coach Russell Springmann had a stellar week. Goodman also provides his updated top-25

- Matt Norlander says that Tennessee will need more than just Bruce Pearl in order to make a late season push

- Gary Parrish ponders whether or not tOSU can go undefeated. Parrish also provides his updated top-25

- So who exactly is the favorite to win it all now? That's the question Eamonn Brennan wonders about

- While you may think the National Player of the Year race is closed to just Kemba Walker and Jimmer Fredette, Mike Miller explains that you definitely need to add Jared Sullinger to the discussion. Miller also provides a list of notable quotables from the weekend

- Raphielle Johnson recaps a jam-packed Saturday of college hoops action

- Jason King put together a great Q&A session with Pitt's Gilbert Brown

- Texas beat Kansas on Saturday, to end the Jayhawks 69-game home winning streak. but the big story from this game was Thomas Robinson, whose mother passed away on Friday night. Robinson played with a heavy heart, and finished with two points and five rebounds in eight minutes of action. But don't think that the Longhorn's victory was a fluke, this team is good. Texas is 4-0 in Big-12 play and has back-to-back wins over top-10 teams.

- Now that the Jayhawks' home streak is over, what other streaks have the most staying power?

- A look at what's on tap this week, including the must-see-west-coast-game-of-the-year

- John Calipari is starting to alter his game plan to fit his youthful team better

- Speaking of Coach Cal, a week later, the cursing incident still isn't a big deal

- Iowa State assisntat Bobby Lutz blogs about the difficulty with eligibillity issues

- West Virginia reserve forward Danny Jennings got up left the bench and walked out of the game midway through the second half of their 56-46 win over South Florida. Coach Huggins called his antics "unexcused"

-Indiana guard Verdell Jones III will be out indefinitely due to inflammation in his right knee

- Virginia Tech's Dorenzo Hudson had successful surgery to shave done lingering bone spurs on his right foot

- With their win on the road against Syracuse, Villanova must be taken seriously as a Big East tile contender

- Washington beat writer Percy Allen notes that the Huskies are off to their best Pac-10 start in a quarter century

- Is it possible to pinpoint exactly what is wrong with the Michigan State Spartans? Dick Weiss says Izzo has his work cut out for him and his team

- Bryant University lost 13 of their first 15 games, but has gone 4-1 since then and is turning a corner

- Gonzaga has lost to WCC games in a row, the most rcent being in overtime to San Francisco thanks to some controversial elbows

- Will Wake Forest will a signle ACC game this season? I'm going to say "Absolutely not"

- A mid-season evaluation of the Kentucky Wildcats. Are they where we expected them to be at this point?

- At the beginning of the season, when we found out about Robbie Hummel's injury, I stated that Lewis Jackson would need to step up his productivity, and LewJax did just that against Sparty over the weekend

- LaVoy Allen was named the Atlantic-10 preseason PoY, but has been largely invisible this season. Where has he gone?

- Minnesota head coach Tubby Smith still hasn't decided how he is going to use Trevor Mbakwe, but the forward says that he would be fine coming off the bench. All he want's to do is help his team win.

- Florida's Chandler Parsons blogs his thoughts on the strength of the SEC this season

- Everybody loves a good "Where are they now?" column. Every think about Prudue's Chris Kramer and think "hmmm, i wonder what that guy is up to?"

- Who are the front-runners for the America East Player of the Year awards? America Least has you answer

- Ahh, I love a good uniform fail. Especially when it's Kansas State. Seriously, they can't seem to do anything right

-Karen Sypher was on Geraldo at Large this weekend and said that Rick Pitino threatened her and her family

- A look back at the week in recruiting

- A weekend-in-review of the Pac-10 Conference

- A weekend recap of Big-12 action

- A recap of the WAC action over the weekend


Game Reports
- Alabama 68, Auburn 58 (Bama Hoops Blog)

- Alabny 76, Binghamton 34 (Purple and Gold Nation)

- Arizona 65, Washington State 63 (CougCenter)

- Baylor 76, Okalhoma State 57 (Baylor Fans)

- Caifornia 66, USC 63 (Cal Golden Blogs, Conquest Chronicles)

- Cincinnati 53, St. John's 51 (Down the Drive, Rumble in the Garden, Johnny Jungle)

- Cleveland State 65, Wright State 46 (Let's Go Vikes)

- Columbia 70, Cornell 66 (Cornell Basketball Blog)

- Dayton 91, Fordham 57 (Blackburn Review)

- Duke 83, Wake Forest 59 (Duke Blogger, Blue vs. Blue)

- George Mason 75, James Madison 73 (GMU Hoops, JMU Sports Blog)

- Georgia 86, Mississippi State 64 (Dawg Sports)

- Hawaii 67, San Jose State 61 (Spartan Hoops)

- Iowa 91, Indiana 77 (The Hoosier Scoop)

- Kentucky 67, South Carolina 58 (Sea of Blue, Kentucky Sports Radio, Garnet and Black Attack)

- Maryland 79, Clemson 77 (Testudo Times)

- Minnesota 69, Michigan 64 (From The Barn, Daily Gopher, UMHoops.com)

- Missouri 87, Iowa State 54 (Rock M Nation, Clone Chronicles)

- Notre Dame 80, Marquette 75 (Rakes of Mallow, Anonymous Eagle)

- Ohio State 73, Illinois 68 (Hail to the Orange)

- Oregon 63, Oregon State 59 (Addicted to Quack, Building the Dam)

- Providence 72, Louisville 67 (Friar Basketball, Card Chronicle)

- Purdue 86, Michigan State 76 (Boiled Sports, Hammer and Rails, The Only Colors)

- Rutgers 66, Seton Hall 60 (South Orange Juice, On The Banks, New Jersey Hoops Haven)

- St. Peter's 77, Siena 69 (Siena Saints Blog)

- Texas 74, Kansas 63 (Burnt Orange Nation, Rock Chalk Talk)

- Texas A&M 64, Kansas State 56 (Bring on the Cats)

- UCLA 68, Stanford 57 (Bruins Nation)

- UConn 72, Tennessee 61 (The UConn Blog, Rocky Top Talk)

- UNC-Wilmington 66, Towson 60 (UNCW Hoops)

- Vanderbilt 89, St. Mary's 70 (Anchor of Gold)

- Villanova 83, Syracuse 72 (Villanova By The Numbers, Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magician, Orange Basketball Blog)

- Virginia 72, Georgia Tech 64 (Streaking the Lawn)

- Virginia Commonwealth 59, Old Dominion 50 (VCU Rams Nation)

- Virginia Tech 70, Longwood 52 (Gobbler Country, Tech Hoops)

- Washington 88, Arizona State 75 (Montlake Madness)

- Wisconsin 78, Northwestern 46 (Sippin' On Purple)

- Xavier 88, Temple 77 (Dana and Victory, The Owl's Nest)


I'm not sure what's more difficult, making that shot, or pronouncing her last name



Yeah, this isn't hard to do at all