OHIO ST loses in MADSION....KANSAS and TEXAS on a BIG 12 Collision Course.....PITT the Beast in the BIG EAST...DUKE #1 in ACC

It is almost MARCH and that means.........MARCH MADNESS.........and nothing else.....no FOOTBALL......Spring Training in BASEBALL......HOCKEY.......NBA Basketball........and nothing else.

Now let's get to the MEN'S Basketball Poll as of today February 13, 2011:

1. OHIO ST 24-1: Suffered 1st loss in UW Madison......still a favorite for a FINAL FOUR Appearance

2. KANSAS 24-1: The MORRIS TWINS paying big dividends for Bill Self and CREW.......Must beat TEXAS

3. TEXAS 22-3: Maybe the BEST Wing Player in the LAND in Jordan HAMILTON.....who can flat out get BUCKETS from anywhere

4. PITT 23-2: Jamie DUKES has the best team in the BIG EAST...must handle Big East Tourney before BIG DANCE

5. DUKE 22-2: Needed a 3rd Wheel for SMITH and SINGLER......enter Seth CURRY younger bro of STEPH CURRY and DAD DELL

6. SAN DIEGO ST 25-1: Can you say TOUGH OUT in any Tourney.....these guys can play and enter Coach STEVE FISHER

7. BYU 24-2: FREDETTE FREDETTE FREDETTE & FREDETTE.......could, should, and probably will be National Player of the YEAR

8. NOTRE DAME 21-4: MIKE BREY and Company forgotten...except in the NIG EAST......LIL HANSBOROUGH is a PROBLEM

9. VILLANOVA 19-6: Need another scorer on the WING....HELLO STOKES or CHEEKS....can you answer your phone

10. UCONN 18-5: Can be a TOUGH OUT with help for KEMBA...may have found it in 6-5 Freshman Jeremy LAMB of highly acclaimed NORCROSS HIGH in Georgia

11. GEORGETOWN 19-5: Don't look now...the BLUEDUDE Told you.....WRIGHT and FREEMAN are the best backcourt in the BIZ

12. SYRACUSE 20-6: So goes SCOPP JARDINE and KRIS JOSEPH...so goes the ORANGE...it's that simple

13. WISCONSIN 19-5: They do what they do and BO RYAN does what he does......now BEAT US

14. PURDUE 19-5: Only if MOORE and JOHNSON had HUMMELL........they would be FINAL FOUR Bound...REALLY

15. ARIZONA 19-5: Watch SEAN MILLER and Thad MATTA Clone.......JOSIAH TURNER of SAC TOWN reporting in FAll 2011

16. LOUISVILLE 19-6: PITINO and the CARDS need toi get HEALTHY and FAST before they look up and it's the KENTUCKY DERBY in town

17. FLORIDA 20-5: BILLY D riding out SENIOR Big Men PARSONS and TYUS...and rightfully so

18. MISSOURI 19-6: Only if TEXAS and KANSAS were in another Conference,,,,STILL Coach Anderson and his group poised to make a run

19. KENTUCKY 17-7: FRESHMAN need to buy into playing TEAM DEFENSE....forget scoring the BALL....GET A STOP 'CATS

20. UNC 18-6: Youth Movement paying off......MARSHALL, BARNES, and HENSON starting to show why they were 5 STARS

OTHERS in the BLUEDUDE'S consideration:

UTAH ST
VANDY
TEMPLE
MINNESOTA
West VIRGINIA
ILLINOIS
TEXAS A&M
ST MARY'S CA
BAYLOR

MARCH MADNESS around the CORNER...if anything needs FIXIN'......better FIX IT