Miscellaneous thoughts and the final countdown

First, the news...

UCLA forward Nikola Dragovic angry over the inferior quality of opponent, tosses ex-girlfriend down stairs, misses game.

The 20-year-old Dragovic of Belgrade, Serbia, went to the apartment he shared with the woman and found his belongings had been dumped out front, police officer April Harding said.

"He and the ex-girlfriend began to argue. He got mad and pushed her down," Harding said.

Dragovic was taken into custody and booked on suspicion of misdemeanor battery. Bail was set at $20,000.

The arrest caused him to miss No. 4 UCLA's 76-42 exhibition victory over Biola.

Dayton transfer Desmond Adedeji celebrates making the starting lineup at center, subsequently gets arrested and jeopardizes position.

Stony Brook University police charged a student who is expected to start at center for the school's basketball team with driving while intoxicated yesterday morning.

Desmond Adedeji, a 6-foot-9, 305-pound transfer student from the University of Dayton, was pulled over on the campus' South Drive at 6:15 a.m., a police spokesman said.

Binghamton University's Malik Alvin gets punished for practicing safe sex...

Binghamton University basketball player Malik Alvin has been suspended from the men's team until legal matters related to an incident last month at Wal-Mart are resolved.

Vestal police have charged Alvin, 20, with third-degree assault, a misdemeanor, after an alleged incident with a Wal-Mart employee who police said confronted Alvin for alleging leaving the store without paying for a box of condoms.

Hey, did you know you can book the Duke cheerleaders for your next event?

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We were gonna show a picture of the current squad, but... Just click on the link if you wanna see.

So, we are approximately one week away from the beauty of college hoops. We must say that this off season was HORRIBLE. People thought that all we did was talk about AP news clippings. We do talk about games and teams and such, you know. Like original content! For example, today we will be posting the preseason blogpoll. And starting in about a week we will begin our Always Be Closing and This Is Sparta awards. So I guess we are trying to say hold on baby, the season is almost upon us.