Wednesday Morning Dump

- The Forde Minutes is always a staple of my Tuesday morning perusal

- Jason Lisk has a crazy tournament idea that just might work. Wait no it won't. But it's still worth the read.

- Luke Winn provides a fantastic list of eight potential bid-thieves

- Jeff Eisenberg does his best to project the tournament winners for this week's conference tournament action

- Mike DeCourcy busts the myth that Jimmer Fredette is this season's Steph Curry. DeCourcy also provides some excellent insight on why teams with poor road records (See: Kentucky, Missouri, and Illinois) don't tend to fare well in March

- Mike Rutherford over at Card Chronicle put together a fantastic conference tournament week primer. It's like 5000 words-long, but if you have the time, it's totally worth it

- Rush the Court takes a look back at the week that was

- Matt Norlander does a bit of nitpicking on the Oscar Robertson Award finalists

- John Gasaway breaks down four mid-majors that are ready to take March by storm (Insiders only)

- Jeff Goodman believes that Texas' recent issues start with Jordan Hamilton. Goodman isn't the only one who doubts Texas

- Jeff Brozello briefly previews the Patriot League tournament. Brozello also wonders if Missouri can shed their "paper tiger" image

- Eric Angevine briefly previews the Colonial Athletic Association tournament

- Mike Miller briefly previews the Big South Conference tournament. Jeff Goodman does the same

- X-rays came back negative on the sprained wrist of Kansas State guard Jacob Pullen. The Wildcat's senior leader injured his wrist on a fall during his team's road win against Texas on Monday night

- Although he may have nearly cost his school a huge conference win, Louisville male cheerleader Jordan Alcazar was told by coach Pitino that there are "no hard feelings"

- Unlike last year, John Calipari won't be recommending that his freshman enter the NBA draft

- BYU forward Brandon Davies has been dismissed from the program following a violation of the school's honor code. How will this affect their post-season promises?

- Former Binghamton star D.J. Rivera plead guilty to felony charges of fourth degree possession of stolen property

- North Carolina reserve forward Reggie Bullock will miss the remainder of the season due to a knee injury

- Tom Izzo called out the Spartan faithful after they left early from Sunday's home shellacking at the hands of Purdue

- An interesting case study on why recruiting at Ivy League schools is so difficult

- Lost Letterman put together a great list of the ten most prestigious courts in the country

- Sippin' on Purple is sticking up for the little guys, err, the guys who have never been to the dance

- The Casual Hoya makes five bold-but-possible March Madness predictions

- A look at some of the most important bubble-games of the week

- So is BYU really worthy of a #1-seed? Does it really matter?

- A lesson in bid-stealing 101 with some mid-major examples

- Another in a long line of college hoops trick-shots

- I imagine this is a good-read, it's just that it's written by scientists and the title is way beyond my educational level

- And we just wouldn't be doing our jobs if we didn't provide at least one Karen Sypher-related link per week