Good Morning Hoops Nation February 23
BracketBusted: As a pall descended over Belk Arena at the final media timeout on Saturday on the way to a 12-point Butler road win, there came the sad realization in the stands that Davidson 2009 isn't exactly Davidson 2008. When the Bulldogs wanted better floor positioning on offense, they took it. When the white-clads stood in their way, the black and blue crew pushed them out.

T-Guide - Jackson State
SWAC watchers saw Trey Johnson coming. As a junior in 2005-06, the 6-5 swingman was locked in a yearlong scoring-title battle with Grambling's Brion Rush, and ended up with 23.4 ppg for the season. But when Rush graduated, Johnson had the SWAC stage to himself.

Shirtdoku 007 · 1984-85 Chicago Bulls
The gut instinct. The powerful intuition that can be felt all the way down to the bones. At some unknown point during our lifetimes, movie scriptwriters discovered that the premonition-to-actualization arc can be a Joseph Campbell hero's journey, that a simple hunch can be nothing less than a force of nature.

L'infinito
During the first half, racers utilize the classic parallel technique. They torque their poles to generate forward motion, wearing long thin skis treated with gritty and tacky kick wax. Then, after a halftime pit stop, they're on shorter and stubbier versions invented in the 1970s, slicked with glossy glide wax, shuffling along like ice skaters. He also gave me zero upper body strength.

Matriculations and Commencements
When the starting five take to the floor, there are all the matematically insignificant digits - 1, 3, 4, 5. There's even a double-zero out there. Low numbers are usually indicative of a new squad, since they're usually the first ones to be sewn together and assigned. You might think this team might be right off the boat, maybe even born yesterday.