A List Of Things Thrown Five Minutes Ago

RPI IS THE NEW BCS: This afternoon was glorious. This U-Dub team poses a very difficult question for the NCAA Selection Committee. Yes, for the first half of the season, it was woeful. There is no question, however, that during the last six weeks it was one of the two dozen or so best teams in basketball (maybe better) -- winning 12 times (and knocking off the #1 team in the country) and losing only twice, both times on the road to the teams ranked #1 and #18 at the time. If the NCAA weighs wins and losses equally no matter when they happen -- and maybe it should -- then Washington is almost certainly out of the tournament. Still, you can't tell me that there won't be a few coaches of #4 or #5 seeds blowing sighs of relief when they check their brackets and find out that there's no Washington there.