• Harrison Barnes poured in a freshman-record 40 points in the ACC semifinals, setting up a UNC/Duke title game. No complaints here. (Carolina March)

• Tired legs, and a tired Jimmer, were no match for rival San Diego State for the MWC crown. Guard Jackson Emery shed some light: "We weren’t tired, we were beat up." (Salt Lake Tribune)

• Kemba Walker, the Most Outstanding Player in the Big East tourney without a shadow of a doubt. But does this five-day performance conceivably help his case for national POY? Better yet, should it? (Fox Sports)

• We're up to 27 automatic qualifiers, and resident Bracketologist Chris Dobbertean is frantically putting all the pieces together. Do yourself a favor: Quit ogling over Lunardi's curves and make SB Nation your official home for Bracketology. (Blogging the Bracket)

• Five wins in five days is a downright mind-boggling achievement. Rob Dauster does a solid job of putting it all in perspective. (Beyond the Arc)

A bit of advice: It's probably not a great idea to lay down on the court while fans/opponents are celebrating a league championship. For future reference of course.

• Absurd POY performance No. 1, courtesy of The Jimmer: 52 points, 4 assists, 2 rebounds, 1 steal, 22-37 FGs, 7-14 3Ps (Salt Lake Tribune)

• Absurd POY performance No. 2, courtesty of The Kemba: 33 points, 12 rebounds, 6 steals, 5 assists, 9-18 FGs, 13-14 FTs (Boston Herald)

• Comparing conference tournament results with NCAA tournament success. Good stuff here. (The Big Lead)

• San Diego State needed a D.J. Gay layup with 4.9 seconds remaining to move on to face BYU in the MWC title game. Head coach Steve Fisher: "D.J. is a tremendous competitor. He had been in a bit of a shooting slump obviously. I think he got a little bit down. But D.J. is a winner. You want a guy like that on your side." (Las Vegas Sun)

• Ken Pomeroy talking about how RPI needs to go away. Likely the most insightful thing you will read all day. (Slate)

• This is Kemba Walker. And this is what he does. (New York Times)

• Kris Joseph with one of the most ridiculous in-game dunk attempts we've ever seen. Too bad he missed it. (YouTube)

• Emotional after apologizing to fans and teammates, Klay Thompson dropped a Pac-10 tourney record 43 points against the Huskies. Somebody called it.  (The Spokesman-Review)

• Barkley Madness! Sir Charles thinks Billy Packer needs to "shut the hell up" and "stop being a jackass." Buckle up, this one could get a little bumpy. (The Dagger)

• Colorado's season sweep of Kansas State could do wonders for the Buffs' chances at the field of 68 (Kansas City Star)

• Rutgers coach Mike Rice took the high road after a massive screwjob (video below). The postgame presser saw a great man willingly bite his tongue after a season-ending error. Not an easy task. (New Jersey Star-Ledger)

• The Huskers couldn't even manage to attempt a game-winning shot to keep their NCAA hopes alive. Bubble-busted! (Forth Worth Star-Telegram)

• Congrats to Northern Colorado on its first ever trip to the NCAA Tournament. Joe Lunardi has them avoiding the play-in game and snatching a 15-seed. We'll see if that holds true on Sunday. (The Denver Post)

• Debate over - Marquette is headed to the dance after locking down West Virginia. Darius Johnson-Odom wanted Louisville, and now he gets his wish. (Louisville Courier-Journal)

• Matt Norlander from CBS was swept up into the melee after Long Island's NEC championship last night. Just be sure to turn those speakers down a bit.  (Eye on College Basketball)

• It didn't take very long to see a big upset in the Big East tourney. Capped off by a boneheaded inbounds pass from Maalik Wayns, 'Nova's tailspin hit another level yesterday. Just for kicks: no NCAA Tournament team has ever gone dancing after losing their final five games. (The Nova Blog)

• Overtime from Seton Hall-Rutgers gave fans a taste of things to come. It wasn't pretty, but first-year RU coach Mike Rice doesn't care much for formalities. "It was beautiful to me," Rice said. "Any win is a work of art." (New York Times)

• Rightfully so, Oakland coach Greg Kampe thinks he has the best team of his career. "We're so talented offensively. Last year we won with our defense. This year we can score in so many ways. This team can play defense. It's just that the pace of the game is so fast sometimes they lax a little on the defensive end." (Detroit News)

• We implore you to watch the final sequence of last night's Sun Belt championship game. Time ticking away, Little-Rock's Solomon Bozeman went for the jugular. (YouTube)

• Montana scored a whopping 12 first-half points against Weber State and somehow managed to win by 17. Consider: Weber opened the night with an awful seven-plus minute scoring drought, and then ended it in exactly the same fashion. And of course, the Wildcats made just 21.4% from the field as a team and bricked 15 consecutive shots down the stretch. Yep, that'll do it. (Deseret News)

• Definitely a shocker here as No. 1 seeded Fairfield fell in the MAAC semis to St. Peter's. Fairfield, who finished the year at 24-7, trailed by 25 at half and never recovered. (Eye on College Basketball)

• Penn State upended Minnesota to create a four-way tie at 9-9 in the Big Ten. The Nittany Lions still need a monumental tourney run in order to keep their postseason dreams afloat. (Black Shoe Diaries)

• The Buckeyes exacted some good old fashioned revenge on Wisconsin after losing the first meeting back in February. Crowd chants of "Where.. is ..Taylor?" were both cruel and accurate, as Wisconsin's Jordan Taylor had an off-night. (Chicago Tribune)

• It took until the final regular season game of 2011 for the Kentucky Wildcats to beat a quality opponent away from Rupp. A deep run in the SEC tourney would be absolutely huge for the morale of Coach Cal's young squad heading into the Madness. (A Sea of Blue)

• Eamonn Brennan gives us five observations from the past week, and tries to dispel the notion that the sport lacks any "great" teams. (College Basketball Nation)

• An improbable scenario to consider back in November - The North Carolina Tar Heels are your 2010-11 ACC regular season champs.  Kendall Marshall's flair and court vision make him a treat to watch. But the court rush after the game? A little much. (Greensboro News & Record)

• Penalized because their game took too long, fans watching yesterday's Big-12 battle between Kansas and Missouri were diabolically switched over to the start of either Oregon-Arizona or Michigan-Michigan State. Rightfully so, irate fans blew up message boards and websites as Mizzou cut the distance to four. An egregious error by CBS. (The Dagger)

• The pieces just aren't in place for Tom Izzo's Spartans. Jump shooting teams that can't make jumpers don't usually find a way to steal important road games, and MSU never once had control in this one. (AnnArbor.com)

• 'The resume don't lie.' If Notre Dame can win out and snag the Big East title, then it's difficult to believe they will get snubbed out of a No. 1 seed. Like it or not, the Domers are legit. (Fox Sports)

• Without a true ball-handler to run their offense, Georgetown is on a crash course with mediocrity. The Hoyas fell to eighth place in the Big East after closing out the regular season with three straight losses. (Washington Post)

THAT'S BRAD TINSLEY! (H/T: Troy Machir, BIAH)

• Who knew? Jordan Taylor dropped a career-high 39 points in only 55 possessions. Simply stunning. Take a bow, young man. (Bucky's 5th Quarter)

• UCLA freshman Joshua Smith's mother deserves 'fan of the night' consideration, even though the Bruins fell flat. As Smith describes it, her psyche-out tactic sounds like "a screech-slash-birdcall-slash-dying animal." (LA Times)

• Seton Hall likely cost the Johnnies a chance for a double-bye in the Big East tourney. Highlight of the game: Steve Lavin getting nailed with back-to-back technicals in the final minutes - video below. (The Star-Ledger)

• Another impressive showing for Washington State, a team that could definitely make some noise in the Pac-10 Tournament. Klay Thompson's last four games: 26.5 ppg, 13-31 3Ps, 27-30 FTs. (CougFan)

• Get yo' knowledge up with the last power rankings of the season from Luke Winn. Sad, but this is one heck of a grand finale. (Sports Illustrated)