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While waiting for today's game versus Oklahoma - a game I think the Heels will win thanks to Ellington and Lawson - a few more hoops stories caught my attention.

• How cruel or ironic or whatever for the Wizards to lose last night - in Gilbert Arenas' return from knee surgery - courtesy of a blocked shot by none other than Kwame Brown?  Kornheiser semi-famously coined the term 'Curse of Le Bulez," and there may be something to it.  Last night, the twin curses of the DC franchise - a wasted number one pick and a talent wasted by multiple knee surgeries - met in one game changing play.  Funny how sports - or I guess life in general - sets up those kinds of situations.
• Villanova won one of the ugliest games I've seen in a while.  Both teams played incredibly hard but not necessarily well. But that's Big East basketball, and that's enough to dominate this tournament.
• Interesting and I think ultimately prophetic quote: "He won't come out and admit it; of course he's going to say it's about the team winning, and ultimately it is," close friend and teammate Bobby Frasor said. "But it's the same type of deal when we played Notre Dame ... and he faced Luke Harangody. He wants to prove to everyone that he is better. He wants to out-perform [Griffin], get the win and just do everything he can to show how good he is."   Sounds right to me.