Wendy Nix needs to wear glasses more

That is all.

And the envelope, please

Mississippi State, the 19th most powerful team in the country gets upended by... Rider??

The Bulldogs never led once in the second half. Once. They were completely blown out. At home.

"People don't understand how good Rider is," MSU Coach Rick Stansbury was quoted as saying earlier today. Yeah, I guess we didn't...

Did we mention this was the night the Bulldogs received their conference championship rings? The overrated S-E-C strikes again!

Fleeting hopes

Yup, rape can do that to ya

Tubby's Criminals

What do you do if you are close to being thrown off your team for burglary and assault?

Why you commit more crimes of course!

Police are investigating Gophers power forward Royce White as a possible suspect in a Saturday night burglary on the University of Minnesota campus, school spokesperson Garry Bowman said Tuesday night.

White already is serving an indefinite suspension after he was arrested Oct. 13 for shoplifting and fifth-degree misdemeanor assault at the Mall of the America.

The parents of the university student who called police about the burglary said their daughter said someone entered her dorm room and stole a laptop computer.

"I don't think we have any comment," the student's mother said. "She simply had her laptop stolen.

We obtained a reenactment of the events:

And now the quote of the day from Royce White's grandpappy...

When reached for comment, White's grandfather, Frank White, said "Wow, I sure hope it's wrong."

Yeah?

No good deed goes unpunished

Here's another sad story of the NCAA going way out of bounds. Indiana State was pretty excited getting Dwayne Lathan, a star swingman transfer from LSU. Nice kid, clean cut. He even participated in charity events.

Unfortunately for Lathan, the NCAA added a chapter that ruined the story.

Lathan has been suspended by the NCAA for the first two games of the season. Lathan, who transferred in 2008, participated in an unsanctioned 3-on-3 charity basketball event while he was still a student at Louisiana Tech in April 2008.

Suspended for a charity event. Think about that...

"I wanted to play (against) LSU, I thought that was going to be a big game for me," said a disappointed Lathan.

Hey NCAA, try some common sense in your judgments.

Ummmm, yeah...

The No. 12 Golden Bears start the season at the top of the list because on paper, they're loaded and they've displayed few weaknesses during the offseason and trouncing D-II Chico State 84-42 in their lone exhibition.
- Percy Allen, The Seattle Times

This year, mostly because the team's senior-heavy roster has had more time to learn the nuances of second-year coach Mike Montgomery's system, Cal has been tabbed as a squad that should contend for the conference title.
- Jeff Goodman, The Daily Californian

...the California Golden Bears have so much returning talent. The Pac-10 favorite has a solid, experienced backcourt in Jerome Randle and Patrick Christopher. Mike Montgomery's team will be heard from all season long.
- Dick Vitale, ESPN

Cal nearly gets clobbered by that powerhouse Murray State.
- M2M

Should have thought twice if freaking Dickie V liked them.

Maybe his assistant could have coached

North Carolina doesn't give a shit about Isiah Thomas' mother, beats FIU like drum.

Deon Thompson scored 20 points to help No. 6 North Carolina spoil Isiah Thomas' college coaching debut and beat Florida International 88-72 on Monday night.

His debut came on the same day his 86-year-old mother, Mary, had open-heart surgery in Chicago. He spent Sunday with her, then arrived in Chapel Hill early Monday for the Golden Panthers' shootaround at the Smith Center. He said before the game that he expected to return to Chicago on Tuesday.

And on another note we are back now, in full posting mode. Moment of Zen Wednesday to begin next week.