Slow Sunday

Yes, this may look like a mug shot, but it is, in fact, Aaron Brooks (A.B. to his teammates), a political science major and six-foot guard at #15 Oregon. The Ducks' top-scorer banked in a shot with 2 seconds left to beat #10 Arizona today.

We did call this as close but thought the Wildcats would pull it out by single-digits. What a great game. Close all of the way.

As we said, Duke poured some wrath on Miami and won by 22. We watched this game and are still not impressed with the Blue Devils.

"Isn't that ironic?" coach Mike Cryzewski said (no, we are not continuing to mis-spell his name. Just watch a Duke game and see him cry to the refs over each Duke foul). "This is probably the worst offensive team we've had in a while, and they do that in the first half."

"That" would be leading by nine. Nine! Who is cocky about leading by nine?? And don't be cocky about being 1-2 in the ACC. Again, we sense a back injury in Coach Cry's near future. Bye-bye Wo-Jo. Thanks for the memories.

The only other game of note today was Illinois at Michigan State. We watched part of this game and were impressed by both teams. The Spartans, down by 11 at the half, ended up beating the Fighting Illini.

The game we didn't stay awake for last night--Nevada at Hawaii--turned out to be close (not what we thought) as Hawaii lost but took Nevada to OT.

One top-25 game tomorrow. Kansas (#6) plays Missouri at home. Missouri has not faced a top ranked team all season and despite some good offensive production they will fall hard.

No predictions for the new top-25. Of course, Florida will be the new #1 and the Tar Heels will fall to 3 or 4 (maybe even 5). Duke, the golden team, will either retain #11 or fall to no less than 15.