1. Cleveland State’s Norris Cole had the game of the weekend with 41 points and 20 rebounds in a win against Youngstown State. He pulled off a double-double in each half and came within an assist of the first triple-double in Viking history, according to a university statement.
2. Florida State won the game against Virginia but lost Chris Singleton to a fractured foot, according to a university release. The Seminoles’ best player will have surgery, and the team didn’t mention whether he’ll be back later before the post-season.
3. Kansas also will be dealing with injuries as Thomas Robinson will miss two weeks after having minor surgery on his right knee, according to a CBS Sports.com wire report. The sophomore averages 8.9 points and 6.4 rebounds per game as one of the Jayhawks’ most effective reserves. He joins super frosh Josh Selby on the injured list.
4. Yahoo Sports.com’s Jason King shares tidbits from his interview with coach Cliff Ellis of Coastal Carolina, which is methodically taking apart the entire Big South Conference. With four games to go, the Chanticleers have a chance to finish as one of the only teams undefeated in conference play.
5. Seton Hall kicked out seniors Keon Lawrence and Jamel Jackson for violations of team rules and misconduct, according to a university release. The pair averaged a combined 9.1 points and 4.3 rebounds per game.
6. What happens when Antoine Dodson becomes a template for some Jimmer Fredette-loving BYU fans? You get this video.
7. It was probably just a matter of time until someone thought to copycat Oregon’s crazy court design. These aren’t for real, but a writer named Jake at the Donahue Media Group has some creative new looks for the likes of Miami, UNLV, LSU and Hawaii, among others.
8. And if a crazy design on the hardwood won’t put fans in the stands, try free food. Furman has started a promotion that gives all fans who come to Paladin games unlimited drinks, hamburgers, hot dogs, popcorn, nachos and pizza, according to Diamond Leung of ESPN.com’s ìCollege Basketball Nationî blog.

2/11
• Harvard 78, Yale 75

2/12

• Wisconsin 71, Ohio State 67
• Pittsburgh 57, Villanova 54
• Louisville 73, Syracuse 69
• Texas 69, Baylor 60
• Nebraska 65, Oklahoma State 54
• Colorado 58, Kansas State 56
• San Diego State 63, UNLV 57
• BYU 72, Utah 59
• Colorado State 68, New Mexico 62
• Vanderbilt 81, Kentucky 77
• Florida 61, Tennessee 60
• North Carolina 64, Clemson 62
• Boston College 76, Maryland 72
• Oakland 86, IPFW 78
• Old Dominion 70, VCU 59
• Memphis 67, Southern Miss 61
• Valparaiso 58, Wright State 56
• Wichita State 73, Northern Iowa 55

2/13

• St. John’s 59, Cincinnati 57
• Xavier 71, Duquesne 63
• Purdue 81, Illinois 70
• Georgetown 69, Marquette 60
• Arizona 67, Arizona State 52
• Fairfield 70, St. Peter’s 69 OT

Michael Protos previewed the big ACC games of this past weekend, including the clash in Boston between the Terrapins and Eagles. He pondered the ramifications of this weekend’s games with an eye toward the remaining schedule for each of the ACC’s bubble teams.

Michael also takes a look at the player ratings in the Big 12 and SEC. In the SEC, he sees rising Cats that might exceed last year’s Kentucky team in the NCAA Tournament. Meanwhile, he thinks Kansas has the firepower to overcome injuries to Thomas Robinson and Josh Selby, with the former being more critical to Kansas’ long-term success.

Game-day tweets and retweets from Phil Kasiecki’s season-long tour:

Yale leads 6-4 at the first media timeout, 15:38 left in the half. Yale is defending well and Harvard has started slowly on offense.

Kyle Casey has a couple of dunks and a couple of jumpers off the dribble. This is the Kyle Casey everyone expected before the season.

Both teams continue to trade baskets and empty possessions, tied now at 60 with 8:01 left. This game has been within an 11-point window.

Kreisberg had a great chance at a stickback to tie, but it didn’t go. Harvard leads 72-70 with 38.2 left, Curry at the line for two.

After being slowed at first, Harvard breaks the press and gets a big dunk from Wright to go up 76-72. Full timeout Yale past mid-court.

Co-sign – life in a pro town, sadly. @TheOFFSeasonCF @MattNorlander too bad bc draws this few for a game w tourny implications…my first

BC’s big spark off the bench has been… John Cahill? Two threes have helped the Eagles regain the lead, now 19-14 with under 12 left.

Maryland’s Jordan Williams has four points and five rebounds at halftime, not getting many touches (four FGA in the half)

Reggie Jackson looks a lot more like himself now. He started to come out of the slump a week ago in the second half against Virginia Tech.

At the last media timeout, BC is up 66-59 with 2:51 left, ending Maryland’s 7-0 run. It’s coming down to the wire, which seems to favor BC.

Huge rebound by Joe Trapani battling Jordan Williams. Sums up the game for Williams, with 12 points and 7 boards (averages 17 and almost 12)

It’s Senior Night at Boston University, although they still have Canisius in town next Saturday. John Holland is about to be honored.

Not many coaches are as full of energy on the sideline as Hartford’s John Gallagher, which isn’t a surprise to anyone who knows him.

Boston University’s jumpers aren’t going, and they aren’t getting to the basket or getting the ball on the post the way they’d like to.

BU is annihilating Hartford on the glass with a 27-15 advantage, but 11 turnovers have helped keep Hartford in it as they lead 45-43.

Valiant effort from Hartford, a team that’s struggled all year on offense. BU is wrapping this up, leading 61-47 in the last minute.

Michael Protos shares his thoughts and observations from around the hoops nation.

0-26 Centenary has final road game at UMKC tomorrow. The #Gentlemen have only four more chances to avoid a winless season.

Keita in starting lineup for Cuse should be effective. He already has 3 rebounds in 3 minutes.

Only thing that can stop Louisville right now is halftime. Let’s see if the hot shooting continues in the second half. Cuse looks shocked.

South Carolina has 9 points at half against Georgia — at home. Shooting 14% from the field. Also losing rebound battle 26-13. Yuck .

Virginia Tech put up 102 on Georgia Tech earlier this PM. The starters accounted for 97 of those points and shot 63% from the field. Wow…

2/14
• Kansas at Kansas State
• West Virginia at Syracuse

2/15

• George Mason at VCU
• Maryland at Virginia Tech
• Michigan State at Ohio State
• St. John’s at Marquette

2/16

• Georgetown at Connecticut
• Wisconsin at Purdue
• Louisville at Cincinnati
• Oklahoma State at Texas
• New Mexico at San Diego State
• Vanderbilt at Georgia
• UAB at Memphis
• Cleveland State at Wright State
• Vermont at Maine

2/17

• Richmond at Temple
• East Tennessee State at Belmont
• Minnesota at Penn State

One of the joys of college basketball — as opposed to, let’s say, college football — is the nearly perfect format of the NCAA Tournament. A champion must navigate six games — or seven if the champion is ever one of the First Four teams — to prove that it is the best in the game. To form the NCAA Tournament, a committee goes through a grueling selection process in which rankings mean far less than quality wins, bad losses and strength of schedule. The RPI, which is one tool available to the selection committee, doesn’t account for rankings in the coaches’ or AP poll.

So let’s stop obsessing about who’s No. 1 at the top of the polls each week. It doesn’t matter too much if the voters pick Kansas, Pittsburgh, Texas or Ohio State as No. 1 this week. All those teams are in competition for a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament, which is a more relevant and important comparison point in college basketball. Imagine how much more meaningful the rankings would be if the results were categorized by seed? Maybe kick out the No. 25 team so that the weekly rankings reveal the teams that would receive one of the top six seeds in the NCAA Tournament.

In addition to being more relevant, that type of power rankings would allow commentators, analysts, fans, coaches and players to compare and contrast teams relative to four others in the next higher or lower seeding. Instead of debating whether it’s fair for Kansas to hold the No. 1 spot instead of Texas even though the Longhorns won at Lawrence, we could be debating whether the season-long body of work justifies Duke earning a No. 1 seed ahead of Kansas or Texas. Those are the types of discussions that the selection committee will be having anyways starting in a few weeks.

Let’s synchronize the rest of the season to its greatest part: March Madness.