Bad Apples
Do we humans truly have free will to carve our own paths through life, or are we each living out a predetermined destiny that we are essentially powerless to change? When we come into the world, are we truly innocent? Or are we depraved, guilty souls doomed to waddle in the muck of guilt and strife, just because our very earliest foreparents ate the wrong piece of fruit? Are we screwups that need divine fixing, or are we screwups waiting to happen?

78. IAM - L'Amour Qu'On Me Donne (2013)
This is the way the 21st Century is going to go, pretty much: wherever in the world there is income inequality involving light-skinned people, punk is going to happen. Equivalently, wherever in the world there is income inequality involving dark-skinned people, hip-hop is going to happen.

Space Alien Basketball
In recent years, the fine city of Richmond, Virginia has hosted two Division I basketball tournaments - that of the Colonial Athletic Association, as well as the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference's gathering. During the first weekend in March, the CAA sets up shop in the Richmond Coliseum, while thousands of fans watch classic mid-major schools from up and down the seaboard knock each other out.

MMBOD Dec 02 - Virgil Matthews - Montana
Okay, so that UC-Irvine upset over Stanford has been recast in a completely different light after UCI's loss to Stanislaus State last week. That wins and losses are open to constant redefinition is why our game is great. But still, beating Stanford is still mighty impressive - it's Stanford. All that legacy - Jim Pollard, George Yardley, arena namesake Marla Maples.

Early Champ Week preview
Championship Week games tip off on Tuesday with three conferences (Big South, Horizon and Ohio Valley). Kyle Whelliston takes a look at the whys, whos and whats of the early-week tournaments.