*The Lynx have to hope that high draft picks this year will succeed where high draft picks in the past have not. They seem to get one every year and thus far it hasn't broken their bad luck or bad decision-making. Perhaps that's what Blaze was thinking when she traded away a first-round pick, because otherwise it would be the kind of bonehead move usually associated with the GM of New York's other baseball team.
*A day in jail is what one would expect for a male player convicted of DUI. This is one kind of parity the WNBA shouldn't want. Let's see Taurasi do *scads* of community service.
*Four midwestern teams make ESPN's preseason top ten, including Xavier and Notre Dame. Ohio State is at number three in the AP. Is this the time for formerly unheralded programs to finally get their due? Will it turn into the seemingly inevitable tournament bust for the Buckeyes? They have to break through sometime, and this may yet be the year.
*Will this be another yawner of an undefeated season for UConn? Magic 8-Ball says the possibilities are good.
*The lead story on Women's Hoops Blog this morning is Oklahoma's Caton Hill, who is deploying to Afghanistan.
*After the LSU coaching staff revealed that the previous team book was Booker T. Washington's Up From Slavery, the only thought that came to mind was...wouldn't W.E.B. DuBois have been more appropriate? If you're going to read late 19th/early 20th century black intellectuals, why go with the one who thought that college was a waste of time for blacks?
