But print these stories out and take them with you...
First, news broke this morning that veteran Penn State women's basketball coach Rene Portland stepped down last night. The Inquirer's Mel Greenberg broke the rumors about this happening in this morning's paper.
On the men's side, there's a great story by Frank Fitzpatrick in this morning's Inquirer about the big money in this year's Sweet 16. The four No. 1 seeds' combined profit for the 2005-06 season was $27.4 million, compared to a combined $15.7 million profit for the other 12 teams.
Elsewhere in the Inquirer, Mike Jensen profiles the wacky ways of Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl. The more I watch him, the more I can't help rooting for the Volunteers, even though I have Ohio State winning tonight in my bracket.
Mike also previews the other game in San Antonio tonight, Texas A&M vs. Memphis, with an eye towards all those Aggies fans that are probably caravaning down to San Antonio as I write.
One of many local ties to this weekend's action can be found on the Sixers' bench. Assistant coach Mike Bibby recruited many of the players who will take the floor for USC tomorrow night, and Bibby reminisces with Marc Narducci.
Bob Cooney is in San Jose for the Daily News, and he sets up the Jamie Dixon-Ben Howland Pitt-UCLA and defense-offense Southern Illinois-Kansas games.
Mike Kern is in San Antonio, where he previews a regional of football schools in a football stadium and the Tennesee-Ohio State rematch.
More from both papers about Scottie Reynolds' decision to stay at Villanova.
Somewhat related to that, there's a really eloquent column by Michael Wilbon in today's Washington Post about why it's actually not a bad thing that Greg Oden and Kevin Durant want to stay in college. I know this might be shocking to some people (and I know a lot of people in Philadelphia aren't that fond of Wilbon), but is it really such a bad thing that the two players want to make the decision for themselves?
Two stories from North Broad Street: a look back on the Temple women's basketball season, and news that veteran Owls track coach Jack St. Clair died yesterday.
And a few from the Ivy League: Ibby Jaaber has been invited to the Portsmouth NBA predraft camp, former Princeton coach Joe Scott regrets setting expectations high, and a Trenton Times columnist's editor forgot to turn the caps lock key off.
