The day begins with No. 8 Dayton playing top seed Xavier, a definite rivalry game between two schools located about an hour apart. There are far more Xavier fans in the house, including a student section of 20 or so that threw up a huge pile of shredded newspaper when Stanley Burrell hit a 3 for the Musketeers' first points. The Dayton fans (and there are a good number of them, too) were louder before the game, but not so much anymore. Then again, that might be because there's a large Xavier contingent sitting right behind me.
I'll be back throughout the day with other stuff. Until then, some stories from yesterday.
From St. Joe's-Temple: Ray Parrillo with a recap, Mike Jensen with the Temple side of things, Mike Kern with a recap and Rich Hofmann with a column on Phil Martelli. Plus audio I recorded of the Temple and St. Joe's postgame press conferences.
From Villanova-DePaul: Dana Pennett O'Neil's recap, John Smallwood's column on surviving and advancing, Shannon Ryan's recap and sidebar, and Bob Ford's column on the fact that only four Villanova players took shots in the game.
Mike Kern and Kevin Tatum on Penn's Ibrahim Jaaber winning Ivy League Player of the Year.
Steve King on Lincoln University's trip to the Division II NCAA Tournament.
And Mel Greenberg on the start of the CAA women's tournament.
