Friday Morning Dump

- Your must-read of the day comes courtesy of Deadspin, which got some insight on the Brandon Davies situation from a former un-Mormon BYU grad. CBS columnist Ray Ratto wonders if Davies was treated like any other BYU student

- Jason King provides his pick for the Big-12 Conference awards

- Eamonn Brennan provides an entertaining-and-educational-read on the NCAA tournament and how it affects the life cycle of college programs

- What is it about Ames, Iowa that attracts so many Big-Ten transfers? Ryan Greene analyzes Korie Lucious' move to Iowa State and Fred Hoiberg's abillity to wrangle up stray cattle, so-to-speak

- Mike "the loudmouth" Lupica wrote a pretty good profile-peice on Steve Lavin and the popularity he has brought back to St. John's basketball

- A great-read on trying to define the "It" factor. Some people have "it", other's don't, but what exactly is "it"?

- Jeremy Lundblad always provides the numbers you need to know

- Do you think Harrison Barnes is the NCAA version of "Mr. Big Shot"? Well, think again. Jeff Borzello explains which college baller holds that title

- Two people involved with the Kansas ticketing scam have been tenatively-sentenced to probation and restitution

- Baylor guard LaceDarius Dunn was cleared of the assault charges filled against him steming from an altercation with his girlfriend last fall.

- Western Michigan's Flenard Whitfeld has been suspended one game for unsportsmanlike conduct stemming from a technical foul he received against Central Michigan on Saturday.

- Police have charged Shanterrica Madden with the murder of her roommate, Tina Stewart, a member of the Middle Tennessee State women's basketball team

- Despite not being a senior, Kemba Walker will be honored at UConn's Senior Day. Walker is a junior, but is scheduled to finish his degree this summer, possibly indicating that he will not return to Storrs for his senior season

- Because BYU lost on Wednesday night, CBS and fans of March Madness may have lost as well

- In case you didn't already know, Colorado may have cost themselves an at-large bid by losing to Iowa State on the road

- The Iona Gaels, led by a stellar senior class, won 20 games this season. But these seniors have yet to experience a post-season win, and that's something they hope to change very soon

- Florida Gulf Coast fired it's head coach, Dave Balza, after nine sesaons on the job

- Air Force coach Jeff Reynolds will return for a fifth season. After last season's 10-21 record, Reynolds future at the acadamy was very uncertain

- Victory Firelight, the excellent Butler Bulldogs blog, put together a great Q&A session with head coach Brad Stevens

- The Sporting News' Brian McLaughlin put together an excellent Q&A session with future Blue Devil Austin Rivers

- Mike Miller provides a Q&A session with somebody who knows the in's-and-out's of the Kansas/Missouri rivalry

- Lost Letterman details Tom Crean's first three seasons at Indiana and provides grades in five different categories

- Syracuse's big-men could be seeing a lot more minutes during the post-season

- It seems like in all of UCLA's big wins, poise plays a big role, and in all of their devistating losses, poise plays a big role. What does that tell you about this team's poise?

- Of the three Florida seniors - Vernon Macklin, Chandler Parsons and Alex Tyus, which one has the best chance of making it at the next level

- Maryland reserve forward Mychael Parker could become an impact player for the Terps next season

- The Draft Express takes a look at some trending prospects from the last week of hoops. Players like William Buford, Gilbert Brown, Will Barton and LaceDarius Dunn have played solid basketball down the stretch and deserve some recognition from NBA scouts

- The Wednesday night games in the Big East had some conference tournament implications. Here is what the field looks like as of now

- Mike Miller briefly previews the America East Conference tournament

- Eric Angevine briefly previews the Big Sky Conference tournament

- Rob Dauster breifly previews the Northeast Conference tournament

- Matt Norlander breifly previews the West Coast Conference tournament

- Jeff Brozello breifly previews the Southern Conference tournament

- Part two of the NBE's previe of the Big East tournament at a glance

- A solid mid-week breakdown of the Big-12 Conference

- Rush the Court provides a succinct end-of-the-week Bubble Watch

- Lost Letterman provides a solid list of the ten potential Cinderella March Madness players

- There are not too many options available if you plan on watching the CAA tournament from home

- Sippin' on Purple keeps us up to date on the teams who are looking for their first March madness appearance

- The Big South All-Conference teams have been released. Liberty's junior guard Jesse Sanders was named player of the year

- Highly-touted recruit J.P Tokoto committed to North Carolina last night

- An interesting graph detailing which schools have sent the most players to the NBA

- I can't imagine the Syracuse Honor Code being to similar to the one used at BYU

- ESPN announcer Mike Patrick struggled with the name "Brad Brownell" on Wednesday night. (Yet "Krzyzewki" game him no problems)

- Once a week, Lost Letterman takes a look back at hideous uniforms that somehow got approved to be worn by D-I athletes. this week, they document the Auburn uniforms with the striped-trim that looked like those hideous zubaz pants

- Oh God, not another "Black and Yellow" remix. (Say it ain't so Hoyas, say it ain't so!)

- Speaking of music and college basketball, Kings of Leon will be headlining a free three-day music festival in Houston during the Final Four weekend

Minnesota coach Tubby Smith is nearly-automatic from the line



I don't care that this is women's hoops, this is one-helluva risky buzzer-beater