After Sports Illustrated shined a light on the inner workings of UCLA basketball under Ben Howland, don’t be surprised if Howland stands for the Bruins regular season finale tonight against Washington State.  With a sub-.500 record for the third season in a row, Howland’s should keep his coaching hot seat from any flammable liquids. There isn’t one singular reason for [&hellip

The most high profile Drummond since a wealthy businessman adopted Gary Coleman is the best walk-on in college basketball. UConn’s freshman phenom, Andre Drummond has the world-class athleticism of #1 overall pick, the fundamentals of a low mid-major role player and the size of an NBA center. Of the 122 field goals he’s made this season, 63 have been dunks. [&hellip

1) Rumors circulated today that the Lakers had signed former All-Star shooting guard Gilbert Arenas. Fortunately, they proved to be false. Besides the next time Metta World Peace loses it, do you really want to take a chance that he knows where Arenas stores his locker room piece? (see: John Brisker)   2) JR Smith made his Knicks debut on [&hellip

  While the BCS and the NCAA are engaged in a full sprint towards a playoff that should have been in place a decade ago, the NCAA?s student-athletes are again being ignored. Instead of subtracting a game from the regular season, the NCAA is set on maximizing its profits by incorporating a playoff into its regular season. ?That?s fine. It’s [&hellip

  Life isn’t fair especially for student-athletes. They’re the 99% to the NCAA?s 1% in a collegiate Wall Street paved with a mix of turf, hardwood, dollar bills and artificial grass. While 70,000-seat stadiums are built on the blood, sweat and tears of the athletes, those same athletes have an earning potential capped at $0. God forbid they try bartering [&hellip