ATLANTIC CITY -- A bumper crop of material in today's papers...
Mike Kern considers what Villanova has to do in New York this week to make the NCAA Tournament and looks at the rest of the field.
Joe Juliano's key to the game is which team's freshmen will do better in the spotlight. He also has a tournament preview.
I have the live stream of the Villanova-Syracuse game up on my computer and will be keeping an eye on it. Right now, the Wildcats are down by 8 with 5:30 left.
Ray Parrillo previews La Salle-Duquesne and finds St. Joe's in desperation mode.
Dick Jerardi surveys the A-10 and tries to figure out how many NCAA Tournament bids it can get.
Bob Cooney and Ray Parrillo survey the tournament field and players to watch.
Kevin Tatum and Mike Kern were at Jadwin Gym last night to see Penn handle a woeful Princeton team, 60-47. I was there too, which you might have heard if you were listening to the radio broadcast last night.
A loose ball bounced over the press table and I wasn't paying attention until it got within about a quarter of an inch of my computer. I caught it just in time and made a half-decent pass back to the ref, and I gather that got me a mention on air.
Anyway, the Quakers finished Ivy League play 8-6 and in sole possession of third place, which is pretty good considering how down they were coming into the conference stretch.
Nationally, Marcus Hayes talks to Virginia guard and Penn Charter alum Sean Singletary about his last days as a Cavalier.
And John Smallwood argues that teams with sub-.500 conference records should not be allowed in the NCAA Tournament.
Okay, that's more than enough. And it's halftime of Dayton-Saint Louis. Back with stats soon.
