• The 2012 NBA Draft will begin with Anthony Davis being taken by the New Orleans Hornets (Sportico will refund the entire price of this article otherwise) but where the draft goes from there is anyone's guess.
• The Charlotte Bobcats are picking at #2 and were rumored to be interested in a shooter like Florida's Bradley Beal, but after trading for Ben Gordon on Tuesday, they may have their shooter. Now they will probably take Kansas's Thomas Robinson, Kentucky's Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, North Carolina's Harrison Barnes, or they could trade the pick to another team who wants one of those 3 (or Beal).
• There are plenty of storylines, including:
- Whether or not Austin Rivers will end up playing for his dad, Doc (the Coach of the Celtics).
- If 4 North Carolina Tar Heels (Barnes, John Henson, Tyler Zeller and Kendall Marshall) or 4 Kentucky Wildcats (Davis, Kidd-Gilchrist, Terrence Jones and Marquis Teague) could all be taken in the top 20 or even the lottery.
- How much injury red flags will hurt former top 3 projected pick Jared Sullinger's draft position.
- Will a team take a risk on defensive ace Fab Melo who was suspended for this year's NCAA tournament while with Syracuse (Click here if you want to read Melo's explanation for his issues).
And finally... - What blockbuster deals will be made on what is traditionally the biggest day of player movement in the NBA?
• The Draft is Thursday at 7 PM and can be seen on ESPN.
College Football Playoffs approved for 2014
• Many college football fan’s wishes have been answered. The NCAA announced on Tuesday that they would be moving to a 4 team playoff in 2014. Pending approval by the NCAA Board of Directors, a selection committee will choose four teams to play on either New Years Eve or New Years Day and the two winners would play the next Monday in a championship game.
• The actual location of these games will rotate between six sites. A number of other changes, including removing the Big East from “automatic qualifying” status, were also agreed upon in principal. The Big East had sent far inferior teams to BCS games over the past few years, always leaving out much more deserving teams who needed to qualify as an at-large, or wildcard, selection.
• The hope is that the playoff will remove a great amount of contention over who deserves to be the National Championship of college football, giving two extra teams a chance to win instead of having to pan for votes. It will come a couple years too late for Oklahoma State and Stanford, but sometimes it takes monumental travesties (like the 2011 NCAA Football season) to affect real change.
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