Is hard to watch at times. I haven't watched the entire game closely, but I thought Gasol and Bynum were supposed to be bigger offensive threats? They don't create anything for themselves, and most possessions that don't start / run through Kobe seem doomed to failure. He's constantly having to point and tell people where to go. It's like he's playing with a bunch of high school guys that don't know what the hell they are doing. Am i misreading this?

The two conference champs will meet if they are not in playoff. If they are, then second place, third, etc. Essentially the rose bowl for these two conferences.

My guess is early bowl sites interested in this will be dallas, atlanta and n'awlins. Depending on how it plays out, could be death to fiesta and/or sugar as top tier bowl status.

is 2.7 according to VQ. Nice improvement. That shows what happens when you actually make academics a priority. It shouldn't take half the team nearly flunking out to make it a priority.