Elisha a male model?

From allkyhoops.com:

University of Louisville freshman Elisha Justice finds himself in an unexpected battle today. Justice is up against Spanish soccer star Cesc Fabregas in TheSportsFag.com's 2011 Hottest Male Athlete Tournament.

There isn't really much more that needs to be said but Justice currently holds 85% of the votes. If he advances, he'll be going against Victor Valdes or Camillo Villegas in the next round.

Click here for the whole bracket of "hot male athletes." Feel free to fill out your own bracket.. and keep it completely to yourself.

Hat tip goes to theHoff... he tells me this is all over Louisville radio right now. Type of thing Mr. Red would normally pick up on. You know, back in the day. Before he abandoned us.

Pitino going with Butler over UConn

From Pat Forde:

HOUSTON -- Rick Pitino is the only coach in America who has beaten the two teams that will play Monday night for the national title.

His Louisville Cardinals walloped Butler 88-73 way back in mid-November. The Cardinals were 2-1 against Connecticut, beating the Huskies twice in the regular season and losing to them in the Big East tournament championship game.

Who better to ask for a scouting report on the game?

"I think Butler will win the game, and it won't be at the buzzer," Pitino said Sunday, reached by telephone. "It'll be by seven or eight points."

After watching the national semifinals Saturday night, Pitino sees fatigue as the biggest factor in the Bulldogs' favor.

"My observation is that Connecticut's a tired team right now," he said. "I think Kemba [Walker] is worn out. I think Butler is the winner because of it."

Full article, which the blog post is in reference to, is here.

Kyle Kuric wins dunk of the year

Play it again Sam.

Earth to Pitino -- do NOT take away this kid's scholarship.

Root for Jim Calhoun?

Decisions, decisions.

****UPDATE****

Good articles here and here on the Calhoun vs. Calipari aspect---what it means for the programs, for them personally and for college basketball.

Cal contrasts UK one-and-dones to Siva

So amidst all the excitement and hoopla of Final Four festivities, Fat Man managed to tend to the base one last time and make a dig at Peyton Siva before heading off to play Kemba Walker and UConn. Answering a question about recruiting so many freshmen who have no intention of staying beyond a year:

"I think the argument is that you can't coach this way or you can't recruit good players; I just don't buy it. Now who knew that (2010 freshman) Eric Bledsoe, who I loved to death, was able to leave after a year? He didn't play in the (2009) McDonald's game. He was behind Siva in all the stats and everything else."

As the CJ article immediately makes clear, Siva was one of ten guards at the McDonald's all star game. So why single out Peyton? As if the pettiness and narcissism of this coach, who apparently can't get along with anybody, wasn't known.

Very classy Cal. True to form.

I leave it to John Hammond to voice my sentiments.

CJ video of Chane Behanan at dunk contest

I think we got something here.

It appears to be a recruited specimen with strength, size, athleticism and explosive dunking ability.