Now that the nets have been cut down — congratulations, North Carolina — college basketball begins its fade into the forgotten fog, making way for all things Major League Baseball, NBA Playoffs and Tiger Woods (NASCAR, too). Before we close the book on the 08/09 season, one more trip down memory lane can’t hurt. [...]

Blake Griffin has been named AP’s college basketball Player of the Year, and in other news, grass is somehow green, the sky is a mysterious color — I think it’s called sky-blue, water is, for some reason, wet and the sun rises in the east. The AP described Griffin’s winning margin as “runaway,” which [...]

Great find from The Dagger, which demonstrates not all dunkers are created equal. While Tyler and the boys beat Oklahoma for a spot in the Final Four, Griffin proved he was the best post player in the building, while Hansbrough proved he can’t throw it down — or dominate the post — in the [...]

By now, you’ve already seen the footage Ameer Ali’s takedown of Oklahoma’s Blake Griffin, so that’s not what this post is for. No, this is my attempt at making a point. In case you missed it, one of the first sites to post that particular highlight was The Hoop Doctors, and for their [...]

The Hoop Doctors were quick with this one. For all his first half efforts, Blake Griffin got tangled up with Morgan State’s Ameer Ali, who decided he’d do his best DeJuan Blair/Hasheem Thabeet reenactment by pulling Griffin over by the arm. For his efforts, Ali was asked to finish the game in [...]

I could change the word “productive” to “Alley-oop-filled” and the point would probably get across a little better. During the first half OU’s and Griffin’s destruction of Morgan State (The Player of the Year currently has 28 and 14), the OU forward had a number of alley-oop finishes, effectively demonstrating his incredible athleticism and [...]