The eve of the real NBA season

The Mavericks are one win or one Phoenix loss away from locking up home court throughout the playoffs. The Mavs seem bored at this point and are taking turns at sitting out games to rest up for the postseason. The Spurs on the other hand are playing great basketball right now and look poised to make an impressive showing this Spring. I think the final four of the NBA playoffs will be Dallas and San Antonio in the West and Detroit and Miami in the East. I also believe that it will be a coin toss to see who goes to the Finals in both series. The Finals will be heavily contested but I like the winner of the Dallas San Antonio series to be hoisting the trophy at seasons end.

Gators Dominate

The Florida Gators easily handled the Ohio State Buckeyes beating them 84-75 to win their second straight state championship. Greg Oden dominated in the paint for the Buckeyes on both offense and defense, but Florida scored 32 of their first 40 points from the perimeter cancelling out the super freshman's impact.
The fallout from the game is that four of The Gators impact players are declaring early for the draft. Cory Brewer, Al Horfors, Joikem Noah, and Taurean Green are all heading for the NBA early and figure to be drafted. All except Green figure to be picked in the top 10.
The Buckeye nation is still holding their collective breath on Oden's decision to either stay or head for the NBA. My money is that he'll stay for one more year.