You know that the Mid-Majors won't get a chance this year. And given how the weekend went, basic cultural ettiquette dictates that the NCAA Selection committee should have at least bought the Big East dinner beforehand.
But here are three things you may not know yet:
1. Radio reports in Kansas suggest the Big XII's own commissioner blocked Kansas State's route to the tourney.
2. Once again, historically black teams are the only ones playing on Tuesday. As our own Chas Rich writes, "It's and uncomfortable thing." Eesh. Yeah.
3. Not to confuse our universe with the world outside, but: When our own maximally pro-SEC blogger Ryan Ferguson won't buy that Arkansas deserved to get in, the selection committee has an extremely hard sell in front of it.
NCAA Basketball:
FanHouse Preview of Each of the 65 Teams
Did the Big Ten Deserve Six NCAA Tournament Bids?
North Carolina Gets Jobbed With Their Bracket
NCAA Still Holds Grudge Against UNLV
Should Duke Really Be a #6 Seed?
Play-in Game Ghetto
Mid-Majors Won't Get a Chance to Prove Themselves
Wildcat Fans Fuming At Big XII Commish
Holy ****! Arkansas Gets In
Syracuse's Jim Boeheim: "Total shock."
Clemson Gets a #1 Seed!!!! Well, In The N.I.T.
Winston-Salem Will Host Some Great NCAA Coaches
RPI Oddities
MLB:
Toby Hall Has a Curious Way of Respecting The Game
Gary Sheffield Really Wanted To Be A Red Sock
The Indians Missed the Boat On Jose Reyes
If Rickey is Being Rickey in the Forest, Can Anyone Hear Him?
Dontrelle Willis Wants Juan Pierre to Pay for Lunch
Street Fightin' Man
The Computer Is No Friend Of The White Sox
NASCAR:
Hat Trick Hat Dance for Johnson
NASCAR's Most Eligible Bachelor Seeks Lady Luck
Martin: Make That A Maybe
UAW-Daimler Chrysler 400 Forecast: High Speeds with High Pressure, Ground Swells and Flurries of Carnage
NCAA Football:
Steve Spurrier: More Of a Badass Than Bob Stoops
Spring Practice Questions: Texas Longhorns
Spring Practice Questions: Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Cody Hawkins Hearts Chris Leak
Nebraska Down One Starting Left Tackle
NBA:
Dirk's Bringing the Sexy Back ... With Justin Timberlake
The Many Faces of Dirk NowitzkiMilwaukee, Mecca to NBA High Rollers
Jackson is Done with Pippen
Magic GM Gives Brian Hill Dreaded Vote of Confidence
Dumars Wants Billups to Stop the Media Circus
Shaq's 2007 Season: A Similar Story to Kareem's 1985 Season
Why Is Artest Apologizing?
Brian Scalabrine, Blog Groupie
NFL:
Man Arrested for Threatening Pacman Jones With Knife
Dan Le Batard Risks Life, Makes Fun of Joey Porter
Still No Word on Ricky Williams' Return to Miami
Reports of Stallworth's Contract Were Greatly Exaggerated
T.O. Has No Time For Your Playbooks\Joe Theismann Builds the Perfect Quarterback
