To Ibok or not to Ibok?

In case you didn't know, none of us have to suck up to anyone when we post.Often we post with our hearts over our heads (okay, this is the "royal we" as in me, or I), but we also don't pull punches in order to keep people reading.Those who still do read us (thank you!) know this by now.With that in mind, the Final Four tips off in a little over 2 hours and I have...

At the start of the season, Stanley Robinson was toiling in a factory. Playing in the Final Four is a bit more fun, Jeff Goodman says.

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University of Connecticut men’s basketball player Stanley Robinson looks like a grandfather, yet his birthdate is listed as July 14, 1988...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...

I'm not even a UConn homer, more closely a UConn hater, but Stanley Robinson is backpeddaling jumps up dislodges the ball COMPLETELY from Durrell Summers hands and the ball just falls into the hoop. How is that a Facial?

~Michigan St. really wanted a piece of Thabeet's 3rd leg.~Throughout the season UConn has been the one top ranked team that had almost no reliance on the three point shot. That comes with its positives and its negatives. Winning a bunch of games without relying on your jump shooting means that you're likely a dominant low post team and you have superior athletes to your opponents...

(CBS 9PM ET)  North Carolina has been favored to win thing since before the season began.  Nothing’s changed.  When Michigan State guard Travis Walton was asked what the Spartans could do to stop Ty Lawson’s dribble penetration, he did not hesitate.  “You’ve got to pray,” Walton said.  Michigan State fans will do be doing a lot [...]

The Lima Connection When Travis Walton laces up his sneaks for the biggest game of his life this afternoon against UConn, he should consider looking south, to Findlay, Ohio, for some inspiration.  Led by legendary head coach Ron Niekamp and DII Player of the Year, Josh Bostic, the University of Findlay (37-0) secured its first Division II National Championship last week in Springfield...

Backcourt play The Spartans' Kalin Lucas and Travis Walton form one of the best guard duos in college basketball. Walton is the team's best defender, while Lucas is no slouch himself on defense...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...

"He's strong, he's aggressive and he's not a very good free throw shooter"- CBS NCAA Basketball commentator Clark Kellogg on UConn's Jeff AdrienWith every short and stocky college power forward trying to follow in the footsteps of Antonio Gates and Tony Gonzalez and become an NFL tight end, it's time to examine UConn senior Jeff Adrien's future prospects as a professional athlete...