Norris Cole Everybody!

This 6'2 guard from Cleveland State just slapped up a 41 point, 20 rebound, 9 assist game against Youngstown St. 41-20-9? My God. What a game. It's the last 40-20 game in college since... Blake Griffin. Pretty good company. Remember this dude when filling out your brackets next month. (Assuming Clev. St. goes back to the dance.)

-Keefe

Remember These Guys?

The Sweet 16 tips off tomorrow night, and by the end of the weekend we will be down to just 4 teams left in college basketball. Where did the tournament go? Each year stars light up March Madness, helping their teams get to the Final 4. But it's not just the Carmelo Anthonys, Emeka Okafors, and other top lottery picks that shine this time of year. Here's just a small list of guys since 1990 who either didn't play in the NBA or made little impact in the pros, but were crucial to their college team's success.

So when you are watching the games this weekend don't be surprised if it's not dominated by just Blake Griffin, Tyler Hansborough, Ty Lawson, Hasheen Thabeet, DeJuan Blair, Gerald Henderson, Johnny Flynn, or Tyreke Evans.

This is the time of year when these characters should be remembered:

Anderson Hunt, UNLV
Donald Williams, North Carolina
Corey Beck, Arkansas
Scotty Thurman, Arkansas
Toby Bailey, UCLA
Ed O'Bannon, UCLA
Charles O'Bannon, UCLA
Clint McDaniel, Arkansas
Todd Burgan, Syracuse
Dana Bright, UMass
Carmelo Travieso, UMass
Miles Simon, Arizona
Scott Padgett, Kentucky
Jeff Sheppard, Kentucky
Arthur Lee, Stanford
Khalid El-Amin, UConn
Ricky Moore, UConn
Mateen Cleeves, Michigan State
Loren Woods, Arizona
Dane Fife, Indiana
Kyle Hornsby, Indiana
Keith Langford, Kansas
Rashad Anderson, UConn
Luke Schenscher, Georgia Tech
Lee Humphrey, Florida

And there are plenty more. Enjoy the games this weekend.

-Keefe

Brutal white boy dunk

And this is one reason why there shouldn't be this many postseason tournaments in college basketball. Don't get me wrong, I'm as excited as any proud Husky alum that Northeastern captured it's first postseason win in school history last night. But it came at the expense of the Wyoming Cowboys (my apologies to Keefe's dad, a proud Cowboy alum), and also bore witness to one of the most horrific, comedic dunks in basketball history. Adam Waddell stole a pass on the defensive end and took it coast to coast. Understandably, he was pretty jacked up, whether it was the fact that he stole the ball and had the whole floor wide open or that he was able to rise up that high and throw it down. But he held onto the rim too long, and with his momentum carrying the rest of his body forward, he swung like a pendulum and then flipped (acrobatically?) to the floor. Not sure what they gave him for a score, but check it out below, this guy is lucky he isn't paralyzed in a hospital bed somewhere right now:



-Bess