The site’s going to be dead for much of the day as I fight the holiday travel crowds and make the trip back to Austin from chilly Newark. In the meantime, I recommend Kansas hosting Arizona in the Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series (7 PM CST, ESPN) and USC against the Salukis of Southern Illinois (10 PM, ESPN2). If you really like your mid-major flavor, check out George Mason showing up the SEC’s Gamecocks (3:30, ESPN2).

Those of you who saw the game will likely agree with me when I label last night’s championship victory over Tennessee as one of the most impressive offensive performances of the Rick Barnes era. Absolutely everybody was involved, and the feeds in transition were a thing of beauty. I’ll get to it all in more depth later tonight, but it was certainly an incredibly satisfying win.