With The 16th Pick In The NFL Draft The Jacksonville Jaguars Select....

DP's Pick:
Aldon Smith, DE/OLB, Mizzou

Aldon is raw, but you can't say enough about his upside. He has loads of talent and the Jaguars love selecting people with potential as they did last year with the epic reach of Tyson Alualu. The Jaguars are sprinkled with veterans all over the defensive end and linebacker spot so this will give time for Smith to progress and not necessarily have to start right away.

BMack's Pick:
Cameron Jordan, DE, California

Jacksonville is old at DE, and it's time they got younger. Jordan has good size, quickness fits what Jack Del Rio would be looking for. He also has the pedigree, as his father is is former Vikings star Steve Jordan (six-time Pro Bowler). Jordan is known for his great motor, and this defense needs to get more pressure on the QB, as they were ripped apart through the air last year.

NCAA BB Coach Changes

The Indy Star reports that Missouri is hot for Purdue coach Matt Painter. At $1.3 million per year, Painter is one of the lowest-paid coaches in the Big Ten. Missouri is said to be offering $2 million a year.

If I was Matt Painter I would want to get the hell out of Purdue, he's losing his top 2 players and even though Mizzou isn't that big of a step in program recognition getting paid isn't a bad thing. Also with VCU coach Shaka Smart being the prized possession of this offseason, it wouldn't be a bad thing for Purdue to give him a call after VCU loses this weekend and rebuild around him while he's so hot.

Mike Anderson Gets 7 Year Deal From Mizzou

"Missouri has signed head coach Mike Anderson to a new seven-year contract, athletic director Mike Alden told ESPN.com Tuesday night.

"We are excited Coach Anderson is going to be at the University of Missouri for a long time," Alden said in a statement. "He's done a tremendous job rebuilding our basketball tradition and is poised to lead our program to new heights in the coming years."

Financial terms were not official but projected to be in the range of $1.3 million to $1.5 million, up from his salary of $850,000 annually. Anderson's Missouri predecessor, former Duke assistant Quin Snyder, earned a base salary of $1.015 million before he was fired three years ago." ESPN

Proven this year, Mike Anderson can coach. He got Mizzou to make a ridiculous run this year, and he has done a great job for Mizzou. Anderson will have to earn his salary this year as he losses seniors DeMarre Carroll, Leo Lyons and Matt Lawrence, three starters who combined for nearly half of the team's scoring average of 81.5 points this season. At least they have Chris Paul's cousin Miguel Paul, oh wait, he lied. Mizzou is fucked next year.

College Basketball Recap

(3) Mizzou 102, (2) Memphis 91

Has anyone else been more impressive this tournament than Mizzou? JT Tiller had a career night for Mizzou as he broke Memphis' 27 fluff game win streak. Tiller finished with 23 points on the night. Mizzou almost blew it as they let up a 24 point lead to 6, but free throws really sealed the deal for them. Freshman point guard Tyreke Evans finished with 33 points for Memphis, but the problem of course (again) was free throws. Memphis only hit 18 of 32 from the line, I guess Calipari should start taking them a little more seriously figuring it has cost them two tournament games.

(1) UConn 72, (5) Purdue 60

After cruising through the first two rounds in the tournament, UConn found itself in a little bit of a challenge yesterday until late in the second quarter. Hasheem Thabeet had his coming out party scoring 15, rebounding 15, and blocking 4 shots. But what the stat line won't show you is his overall defensive dominance. Since Purdue lacked size, it was close to impossible to score from the paint due to Thabeet's size.

(1) Pittsburgh 60, (4)Xavier 55

Does anyone else hate having Pitt as their winner? Levance Fields was star of the game hitting one of the most ill advised three point shots with 50.9 seconds left on the clock and hit it. Pitt was trailed 54-52 before Fields hit that three pointer to put the Panthers up for good. Sam Young led led Pitt with 19 points, Fields had 14 and DeJuan Blair had 10 points and 17 rebounds as they needed it to overcome a 8 point deficit at halftime. Pitt finally got over the sweet 16 hump and is on to the elite for the first time in 8 years.

(3) Villanova 77, (2)Duke 54

Dante Cunningham had 14 points and 11 rebounds and the third seeded Wildcats beat the Blue Devils for the first time in more than 50 years. Villanova took advantage took advantage of Duke's pathetic shooting 27% to advance to the elite eight. Kyle Singler had 15 and Jon Scheyer had 13 but went 3-18 and "star" Gerald Henderson had the worst shooting performance I have seen in my life going 1-14 finishing with 7 points.

Mizzou Topples Oklahoma

OU better hope they win the Big 12 tournament if they want to be a number 1 seed. Oklahoma is going to be a good team come the tournament but their recent struggles have made me wonder if the team alone can pick up the slack if Griffin gets into foul trouble. Now to the game:
DeMarre Carroll had 15 points and 10 rebounds, helping Missouri wind up an unbeaten season at home and grab a share of second place in the Big 12 with the win Leo Lyons added 15 points and J.T. Tiller had 13 for Missouri, which went 18-0 at home after regaining its footing from a 25-point spanking at Kansas on Sunday. I don't put too much stock into Mizzou come tourney time, but what do I know.

30 Missouri, 23 Northwestern

What happened to Mizzou this year, and what happened to Chase Daniels? At the beginning of the college football season Chase Daniels was the front runner for the Heisman trophy and Mizzou was a top ranked team. Now they can barely get past Northwestern. Not to take anything away from Northwestern, but Mizzou should have killed them from go and shouldn't have to win in overtime.

The game itself though, was thoroughly exciting. There was no scoring in the forth quarter and in Daniels final game as a college quarterback ended with a TD pass to his favorite target Jeremy Macklin to ultimately win the game.

It will be interesting to see where Daniels ends up in the NFL draft because he could be labeled as a system quarterback. I believe he will be a late first/ early second round pick.