BEVERLY HILLS (MI) — No truth to the rumor that Cinco de Mayo is named after every Flyer fan’s favorite zebra, Joe Demayo.

— In case you have not seen it yet, your 2009-2010 Dayton Flyers highlight video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Prxs7is-L8M&feature=player_embedded

— Well, kids, it looks like I missed my final chance to catch 2010 recruit Devin Oliver playing a game in person before he heads off to Dayton. While I was back home in New England, DMO suited up for the victorious South squad in the Michigan HS All Star Game:

http://michiganpreps.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1078693

Devin had the #2 dunk of the game on a pass off the glass from future Duquesne Dukes PG Michael Talley III.

— The DePaul Scout site says that Chicago wing Jamie Crockett is close to committing to UD:

http://depaul.scout.com/2/967876.html

Of course, Crockett was quoted in a Chicago paper earlier this year as saying he had already given BG a verbal, so let’s wait and see how this plays out.

— According to OHSH.com, Rivals released its final rankings for the Class of 2010. Seven of the Top 150 are from Ohio, including PG deluxe and prized BG recruit Juwan Staten:

http://www.ohshoops.com/2010/05/final-2010-rankings-rivals.html

The amazing thing is that six of the seven Ohio guys played on the same All Ohio Red AAU team.

— What should the NCAA do, logistically speaking, about the new quartet of Big Dance Play-In Games? Someone at Rush the Court wrote their doctoral thesis on the subject:

http://rushthecourt.net/2010/05/04/what-should-the-ncaa-do-with-its-four-little-pigs/#more-21457

— TSN’s Mike DeCourcy with his Cliff Notes version on the same topic:

http://www.sportingnews.com/college-basketball/article/2010-05-04/how-play-games-play-out-next-big-decision

— I learned how to tie my shoes in the 8th grade; meanwhile, this kid in Kentucky is dunking his brains out. That ain’t right!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5GdpGLSz64&feature=player_embedded

— Once a knucklehead, always a knucklehead — The Armon Bassett Story, courtesy of Gary Parrish at CBS Sportsline:

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/story/13340370/ohios-basset-latest-example-knuckleheads-rarely-change-face?tag=coverlist_footer;coverlist_photo_content

— Speaking of knuckleheads, check out the MB at Michigan Preps, dominated by some idiot named “Prophet”:

http://michiganpreps.rivals.com/forum.asp?sid=1015&fid=2410&style=1

This is the same know-it-all who used to overrun the Inside Prep Sports MB until the admin there banned his butt. I wondered what happened to him…now I know to avoid the MP MB.

— “Hello…ESPN…can I have my old job back?”

http://www.sportingnews.com/college-basketball/article/2010-05-03/welsh-quits-hofstra-hoops-post-following-arrest

— Searching high and low for that perfect Mother’s Day gift? Look no further — how about some fragrant White Castle slider-scented candles?

http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/05/03/white-castles-burger-scented-candle/

— Not only are Mother’s Day and Cinco de Mayo in May, let’s not forget that it is also “Zombie Awareness Month”:

http://www.zombieresearch.org/awareness.html

— The “10 Greatest Nature Photos of All Time” according to The Guardian:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2010/apr/22/40-greatest-nature-photographs-earth-day?picture=361689863

That’s it “From the Swamp.”
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