March 19, 1988, UNC beat a run and gun Loyola Marymount team in Salt Lake City by a score of: 123-97 in a real track meet. I know there are several old timers here like myself who remember that contest and I would not be surprised to see the two teams this weekend top the combined 220 points scored that day if Auburn is brave enough to actually try and run with Carolina.

which team would you prefer be the #1 in the region?

I would go with Moo, but they are, to their amazement, not in the running.

Here are Lunardi's Bubble teams. The lead numbers are Pomeroy's rankings.

[as of 8:30pm Saturday]

Last Four Byes
39 Oklahoma
29 Florida
43 Ohio State
61 Arizona State

Last Four In - All listed as #11 seeds if they win their play-in game
25 Temple
78 St. John's
48 TCU
32 NC State

First Four Out
53 Belmont
30 Texas
41 Indiana
49 Oregon

Next Four Out
60 Alabama
29 Clemson
52 Lipscomb
80 UNC Greensboro

It is almost that time of year when there is heavy turnover in the college basketball coaching ranks. The UCLA job is open, but other big time positions (Wake Forest, Texas, eg.) look poised to have openings too. Which small school coaches are poised to get these jobs?

With 2 regular season games to go...

Miami - 4-12 - remaining: Pitt, @ Va Tech
Wake - 4-12 - remaining: @ Duke, FSU
Notre Dame - 3-13 - remaining: Clemson, @ Pitt
Pitt - 2-14 - remaining: @ Miami, Notre Dame

Theoretically Wake could end up in a 3-way tie for last - by losing both of their remaining games (likely) while Pitt wins both of theirs. But they have the tie breakers against both Notre Dame and Pitt, so they'll never appear on the bottom line.

Pitt and Notre Dame play each other in their last regular season game. If Pitt can knock off Miami, that final game will determine which of them is the official worst in the league.

I imagine Carolina and Duke have met 3 times in a season more than once. But has either team ever swept all 3 contests?

It's looking likely that we could meet 3 times this season - and maybe even a 4th time in the NCAAT.

Now that Joey Baker has been activated, I'm sure we have no chance to sweep, but still....

Most of us seem to have written Huff off as a significant contributor this coming year, and even the following year. But I felt last year that experience and working hard on catching the ball might be all Huff needs to be on a path to being very good.

Sure, sure, he needs to work on fouling. Plus all the usual stuff. But the kid has a good motor, good attitude, runs the floor well, and has an NBA-ready body. That's an excellent foundation.

So . . . what's the scuttlebutt on his development this summer? What's he working on? How's he coming along?