A small collection of notes and links

One thing we do feel badly about in the USC - O.J. Mayo - Tim Floyd Lie-apalooza is that the present Trojan basketball players bear the brunt of at least some of the penalties. Mayo is in the NBA and handsomely rewarded, just like in his so-called prep and college days. Ditto for Floyd.

AD Mike Garrett has the credibility of Baghdad Bob. Will the NCAA at least require that he banish himself to his see-no-evil, hear-no-evil, speak-no-evil (as for the latter, it's unless I am desperate to save our most fair-haired son, our big bucks football program) island in Beverly Hills?

Will the NCAA do just such to itself for its obvious myopia? Are there any islands near Indianapolis? How about a sandbar in the Mississippi?

Mike DeCourcey has a nice summary here.

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Chris Murray looks at the pro potential throughout the WAC and more. Go here.

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6-foot-10 Andy Poling is leaving Gonzaga. Does Idaho and or Boise State have a shot or is he headed home to one of the Portlands? Poling played just 23 minutes in six games this season. He's only a (redshirt) freshman but it appears that means he will forfeit a year of D-1 eligibility since he cannot re-redshirt.

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Scout's Dave Telep has a brief post up today about Nevada recruiting target K.C. Ross-Miller unofficially hitting Oklahoma State and Baylor this week and Oklahoma next week. Again, our ample gut feeling is that the point doesn't end up too far from home -- a prediction not based on any specific knowledge.

Ross-Miller's wing teammate Titus Rubles still has Nevada and New Mexico State pitching some woo.