1 rebound…Chris Bosh had 1 rebound in the 129-109 Raptors loss to the Wiz last night…Defensively, the Raps were atrocious, but 1 rebound Chris? Yikes…

Did you see Ricky Davis last night in the Wolves double overtime 117-107 win over the Lakers? Ricky Buckets had 33 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists and that includes a perfect 12-12 from the free throw line…all of it accomplished in 56 minutes of playing time…

SI.com asked Shaquille O’Neal if he thought Ohio State phenom centre Greg Oden's impact would be as much as Shaq’s was as an NBA rookie…Shaq’s response: "No,'' said O'Neal, who averaged 23.4 points, 13.9 rebounds and 3.5 blocks as a rookie for the Magic. "Because of the way the game is played today, and because I really don't know how much he can do offensively. See, I was a freak of nature: I had always been a prolific scorer. I know he can play defense and block a couple of shots, but I don't really know what he can do offensively. Unless he has great feet and offensive moves, I don't see him being the type of force that I was.''

Quick NFL note…not counting repeat offenders (yeah, that’s you Pacman Jones and Chris Henry) over 50 NFL players have been arrested in the past year…

Tremendous sequence at the end of the Colonial League final on ABC the other day…Virginia Commonwealth University beat last year’s final four darlings George Mason 65-59 on the strength of an unbelievable 2 minutes of play by VCU point guard Eric Maynor…with two minutes left to play, George Mason was up 57-52 and was bringing the ball up the court off of a defensive rebound and the mostly pro George Mason crowd is going wild…all of a sudden here is what happens:

Maynor strips George Mason PG Dre Smith on a reverse dribble and gets the layup and 1 for an old fashioned three point play…

Five seconds later Maynor’s remarkably quick hands and anticipation come into play again where he reads the crossover dribble from Mason's SG Gabe Norwood, he pokes the ball away and dribbles in for an uncontested layup…tie game…

GM finally gets the ball over halfcourt, misses a short jumper and Maynor rebounds the ball and dribbles the length of the floor and hits a funky little “Jeff Malone” leaner to take the lead 59-57…

Now with 19 seconds left GM misses a wide open three and Maynor gets the rebound and is intentionally fouled…he makes both free throws for a 61-57 which VCU never relinquishes…

That’s a personal 9-0 run for Maynorin the toughest game of the year and the most critical part of the game…a truly superlative performance…by the way Maynor finished with 20 points, 7 boards and 4 assists in 37 minutes…

Great article here about hating the Dukies, which naturally I do…

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=neumann/070306&sportCat=ncb&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab6pos2

ESPN.com continues it’s greatest ever by position with the centres…I also added the past articles about the PG’s and PF’s

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/dailydime?page=dailydime-GreatestCenters

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/dailydime?page=dailydime-GreatestPointGuards

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2074360

Veteran Foxsports.com’s 10 things column continues to be a winner

http://msn.foxsports.com/nba/story/6530552#1

Uh-oh…Ron Ron is suspended from the Kings indefinitely…and if the allegations are true, rightly so…

http://www.sacbee.com/351/story/133222.html

Check this boxscore…I know the Miami Hurricanes suck this year, but 45 points for Al Thornton? Can you say 1st round pick?

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/boxscore?gameId=270622390