Weekend Dump: Part Deux

What's this? A second helping of Weekend Dumpage?

Memorial Day Saturday provided a bunch of good non-hoops action.

Here are some of the quick-hitters:

Champions League Final: Lionel Messi, David VIlla and Pedro scored to lead Barcelona to their second Champions League title in three years. Wayne Rooney scored the lone goal for Man U, but was arguably the nicest goal of the game.

Men's Lacrosse Final Four: Maryland and Virginia won their semifinal games to advance to the NCAA National Championship. Imagine if Kansas kicked Marcus Morris off the team in February and indefinitely suspended his brother Markieff. That's essentially what happened to Virgina. Maryland didn't earn one of the top eight seeds after losing their last regular season game to Colgate. Regardless, the two ACC teams will meet on Monday to decide the 2011 National Championship.

UFC 130: Rampage Jackson beat Matt Hamill in snoozer of a the main event. But the real story of the night was the knockout distributed by former college basketball player Travis Browne.



Browne, a six-foot-seven native of Hawaii played two years of college basketball before pursing a professional career in Europe. He pocketed the $70,000 "Knockout of the Night" bonus for his brutal KO over six-foot-eleven Stefan Struve.


OK, let's hit the links.

- Your must-read comes courtesy of Pat Forde. He breaks down the biggest overachieving and underachieving programs in college basketball since 1985

- The Penn State coaching search continues to roll on at a glacial pace. Ed DeChellis said that "it was his calling" to coach at the Naval Academy

- It's certainly no "Fab-Five" but Michigan's future recruiting classes are looking pretty good

- Jason King highlights the top newcomers in the SEC for next season

- Kentucky is disputing some of the facts about DeAndre Liggins that were given in ESPN's expose on Indiana Elite's AAU program

- Oklahoma State, Standford, Syracuse and Virginia Tech will all be No. 1-seeds for the 2011 N.I.T. Season Tip-Off. Three of those four teams were part of the eight-team field in last year's 76 Classic in Anaheim

- UPenn teammates Zach Rosen and Dau Jok update us on their charity work in Africa

- The rivalry between San Diego State and BYU grew to a fever pitch last season. Both teams had historic seasons, but with BYU's departure from the MWC, what is next for the two schools?

- Former-Kentucky forward Mark Pope says he nearly begged BYU head coach Dave Rose to hire him as an assistant coach

- Burnt Orange Nation examines the offensive performance of Rick Barnes' recent teams

- North Texas' center Ben Knox has decided to forgo his final two seasons as a member of the Mean Green basketball program

- A tribute to the 2010-2011 Seton Hall Pirates squad

- A look at the history of the No. 34 overall pick in the NBA draft. Mario Chalmers and Carlos Boozer both fell to this spot. (It still boggles my mind that Boozer as much money as he does)

- Seven quick-hitter thoughts on college hoops from PC Hoops For All

- An interesting list of the ten draft prospects with the most interesting shot selections

- What the status of David Lighty's draft stock?

- Could Marshon Brooks be the steal of the draft? One scout even compared the Providence super-scorer to Kobe Bryant