Basketball wins and other links

The basketball win had a weird feel. Rice got himself in foul trouble again (I'll get to that in a minute), but the team played well without him for most of the night. Paris ran the point and we got decent minutes from the three freshmen. But then things fell apart in the final minutes. The defense remains a huge issue. We are getting killed with drives to the basket. One of two things happens, the guys blows by our defender for any easy two or a guy drives by our defender, draws help then kicks it out to an open man for a wide open 3. We could somewhat get away with this when we had a shot blocker. Now we don't and it leads to many easy baskets. Perhaps this team needs to play more zone. As for Rice, I don't know what the problem is? He is committing really dumb fouls (reach ins, etc.). He is a smart guy which makes this all that more confusing. He really needs to get refocused over the next few weeks. He's not helping his draft stock and keeping this team from playing its best.

The Megwa story was much scarier than most of us realized. Let's hope he fully recovers.

Here is a look at the ACC Championship Game.

Matt Hasselbeck hung out with middle school kids Tuesday.

Discouraging Megwa news and other links

Megwa's injury sounds worse than previously thought. Doctor delayed his surgery and Jags is comparing it to Joe Theismann.

BC may use Quigley on field goals.

Nathan Gerbe is off to good start.

Staten Island is proud of Anderson and LeGrande. Anderson's high school teammate starts for Notre Dame.

In the notes section of this article it mentions BC offering 2010 recruit Blake Barker a scholarship.

Jimmy Clausen is banged up a bit.