What? All the good names that sound like “blog” have been taken already.

Some people are saying O.J. Mayo plans on declaring for the NBA draft. We disagree. We think he plans on eating a delicious BLT, washing it down with a frosty cold glass of juice, then showing up at the Clippers shoot-around this afternoon. We’re dead serious. We have no beef with Mayo, and in fact think he may be onto something with his “Fuck it, if it’s all about image anyway, I’m gonna control mine instead of letting the NCAA do it for me” attitude. And we think he’s smooth enough that he might just convince a catatonic Mike Dunleavy that he’s already on the team. (HT: Bryan)

Bruins Nation gets its mancrush on. We enjoy the way Kevin Love plays, but … honestly, this post made us feel a little awkward. That said, Love is like the anti-Hansbrough in the Machiavellian world of big men - while Pyscho T leads his charges with the ever-present threat of cannibalism, Kevin Love effectively walks the streets of the people handing out coinage, candy, and offensive rebounds.

Whelliston provides the stats on the money differences between the Sweet 16 teams this year. Most of the information isn’t terribly surprising or newsworthy, unless you are the type who is still surprised to learn that the Wisconsin athletic department budget could fund the entire SoCon. The one that shocked us, though - Texas spends over six times as much on its college basketball program as Stanford does.

Orange and Blue Hue states the obvious, but with some barebone facts - more people watch the first weekend when there are more upsets. We’re curious what the effect for the second weekend is - our hunch is that fans return to normal and want chalk, but we could be wrong.

Finally, gotta give Gate 21 some credit for putting lipstick on the pig today after their Vols got depantsed by Louisville. We’re not sure whether we are jealous of their good attitude, or scornful of their low expectations. We’re leaning towards the latter, if only because last weekend’s losses still hurt.