You probably already know what happened over the weekend; if not, Dick Jerardi's Monday wrap-up column in the Daily News has all the pieces. Suffice to say it was pretty bad, and I don't just mean for the Eagles -- Villanova, Drexel, St. Joe's, Temple, La Salle, the Sixers, the Flyers and the Wings all lost. Jeez.
Only Penn won, sweeping Cornell and Columbia to go 2-0 in the Ivy League right out of the gate. But one of the school's student newspaper bloggers -- he must be an Eagles fan or something -- says the title race isn't over.
The Hawks fell to Rhode Island, who hadn't won at the Fieldhouse since 1999. Then again, St. Joe's didn't shoot 55 free throws this time.
Syracuse beat Villanova with a bunch of former Orange greats in the house -- including Roosevelt Bouie, Dave Bing, Derrick Coleman and Rony Seikaly, whose No. 4 jersey was retired.
Duke finally won an ACC game, beating Miami after showing up at the arena in "professional attire" instead of warmups.
Out west, Chauncey Billups -- excuse me, Aaron Brooks -- hit the game-winning shot with two seconds left as Oregon beat Arizona in Tuscon. Another big win for the Ducks, who've certainly proven their worthiness to me after some questions coming into conference play.
Stanford swept Washington and Washington State, but the students at Maples didn't rush the floor. Ray Ratto praises the young Cardinal in the San Francisco Chronicle, but says the "label shoppers" in the stands "probably should have rushed the court."
On the women's side, No. 7 Connecticut visits No. 2 North Carolina tonight; watch it at 7 p.m. on ESPN2. The game is sold out, but then again it isn't in the Dean Dome -- it's in Carmichael Auditorium, where the Tar Heels men played in the Jordan/Worthy era. A Hartford Courant writer wonders whether Geno Auriemma's right that this game really doesn't matter all that much. But I rather doubt that, given that the writer also says that losing three straight to Sylvia Hatchell "wouldn't be any worse" than losing three straight to Pat Summitt and Tennessee.
A football story: Florida held its championship celebration on campus and 50,000 people showed up.
And another: there's a big debate in Dallas going on about renovating the Cotton Bowl, and how well the famed stadium can compete with the new stadium that pro football team in town is building a few miles up the highway.
Finally, ESPN bracketologist Joe Lunardi answers readers' mail (Insider subscription required) and offers to come to a school to teach bracketology as an elective. Now, I happen to know for a fact that Joe's reading this blog, because he told me last week he would be doing so. And I can only say that Joe should offer that service to the local schools first before branching out!
UPDATE: Two more football stories that are worth of attention: Ohio State star wide receiver Ted Ginn and running back Antonio Pittman will head to the NFL Draft, but Louisville quarterback Brian Brohm is staying for his senior season.
