
Where is NCAA president Mark Emmert? That the scandal is academic and not athletic is irrelevant. The president has already shown a devil-may-care willingness to disregard tradition and intervene at Penn State.
Ten _ just 10 _ of the top topics in the 64-team NCAA baseball tournament, which starts Friday:

At the December meeting of the school's Athletic Council, Gordon Gee also took shots at schools in the Southeastern Conference and the University of Louisville, according to a recording of a meeting he attended late last year.
Alabama coach Nick Saban has a strong _ and seemingly solitary _ stance on the Southeastern Conference potentially moving to a nine-game league schedule.
The Southeastern Conference's basketball tournament is ready to settle down.
Lane Kiffin has an idea.
It could end up being taxpayer money going down the drain.

SEC commissioner Mike Slive said Thursday the SEC network will produce 1,000 live events each year, including 450 televised on the network and 550 distributed digitally.
The Southeastern Conference and ESPN on Thursday announced a 20-year agreement to operate a SEC network that is scheduled to debut in August, 2014.