Today's Top 5: Name of the Year is Back

Pansy Ho, a six seed under pressure.

1) The Name of the Year bracket is out, and it's a doozy. There are no longer any easy outs in the NOTY first round, but I think Pansy Ho against Xtra Malibu Moore is a particular bloodbath.

2) This is the best photo that has ever been published regarding the GW men's basketball team. I believe if you placed Conrad Espew and Karl Hobbs in the same room, neither one would emerge without having undergone significant life changes. That's from Shorpy.

3) Since it's a Colonial kinda day, this is way old, and it's been deemed dozens of times that Soulja Boy renditions shall never again be blogworthy, but c'mon, Big George AND Little George? Cranking dat together? It's impossible to watch this and not think, "Gosh, I wonder what emotion the father of our country would fee if he knew that, 209 years after his death, a life-sized mascot bearing his likeness would join with a giant-headed caricature of his face on a basketball court, blithely dancing to the words 'Superman dat --!' Pride, most likely.

4) A terrific photo of Donald Brashear choking the life out of Sheldon Brookbank. "He got me with a couple in the ear. If he hits me flush, it's going to do some damage," Brookbank said. Via On Frozen Blog.

5) Terps blogger doesn't think Maryland deserves a bid absent a 3-0 finish or an appearance in the ACC final. And good luck with that.

[Note: Every pessimistic and/or optimistic statement I've made about the Terps this year has been proven wrong.]

By Dan Steinberg | February 25, 2008; 4:13 PM ET | Category: What You Need to Know
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And you wonder why T.K. wants pianos to drop out of the sky into our homes and places of work on us.

Posted by: ScottVanPeltStyle.com | February 25, 2008 05:22 PM

It's got to be Spaceman Africa.

Maryland will do one of two things:

1. Win its 3 remaining games, romp through the ACC tournament, be given a higher seed than they deserve (I'm going to go ahead and say a 3 or 4, in this scenario), get a favorable venue, and then lose in the first round due to some kid hitting like 10 3s and committing at least 20 turnovers before halftime.
2. Win 1 of its remaining games, win their 1st round ACC tournament game, then get blown out. All will believe there is no chance to get in, but then the tournament committee will put them in as the annual 10-12 seed that was actually the final team included. They will then proceed to the Sweet 16 and lose a heartbreaker, thus causing this season to go down in memory as better than expected.

Posted by: Chest Rockwell | February 25, 2008 05:23 PM

How in the world is Fonda Dicks only a 10 seed? I gotta call Vegas.

Posted by: 206er | February 25, 2008 07:01 PM

At this point MD definitely is on the outside of the bubble, but winning out or dropping one and winning a tourny game will get them in. Depending on the draw they could beat a overly-white Gonzaga team, or drop one to a perennial tourny team. You never know with MD.

Posted by: JDP | February 26, 2008 12:26 AM

Fonda Dicks is actually a 12. I complained yesterday.

Spaceman Africa has a great shot at taking my bracket, but further analysis is needed.

Great TK Cheeseboy rant this morning.

Posted by: Unsilent Majority | February 26, 2008 08:22 AM

Today's Top 5: Name of the Year is Back

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