BEVERLY HILLS (MI) — Sometimes in life, it ain’t what you know but rather what you don’t know that matters. Here are some things you probably were not aware of until now:

— This entry is courtesy of the “Things You Learn from Reading True Team by Larry Hansgen” department:

After the Flyers beat OSU in their NCAA game in Buffalo, each player got a post-game order of 40 wings. 40 wings each? Dang those guys can eat!

— Ken Pomeroy is now espousing the PASR recruiting model, developed by a stat geek named Jackson Fambrough which attempts to predict where HS recruits will attend college:

http://kenpom.com/blog/index.php/weblog/entry/introduction_to_the_pasr_recruiting_model

“Attempting” is the operative phrase here. Trying to marry statictical models and algorithms to the decision making processes of 17 and 18 year old high school guys will certainly have a healthy margin for error. Good luck with that.

— In college hoops recruiting, sometimes it’s the kid that you don’t get that makes all the difference. Coach Cal does not whiff on many players but his inability to sign PG Emmanuel Mudiay allowed UK to snag this guy:

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/eye-on-college-basketball/24918816/tyler-ulis-leads-uk-past-louisville

— Entry #2 in “Things You Learn from Reading True Team by Larry Hansgen” department:

The restaurant in Memphis screwed up UD’s pre-game meal for the Stanford tilt and delivered the post-game meal of wings, ribs, burgers and fries instead. It was too late to change it, so the guys chowed down on food the training staff would normally never allow them to have prior to tipoff.

Three guesses what the Flyers had to eat before the Florida contest?

— This is probably the greatest Christmas Eve story you never heard, courtesy of Al Martinez at The Los Angeles Times:

http://articles.latimes.com/1986-12-25/local/me-537_1_peaches

— Interesting stats from Adam Zagoria:

December wins at MSG:

Louisville – 1
Villanova – 1
West Virginia – 1
Richmond – 1
7 NBA Teams – 1
Knicks – 0

— An accomplished musician named Felix Vinateri was General George Custer’s bandmaster. Custer told him to stay behind for the battle that came to be known as Custer’s Last Stand, where every soldier present was killed. His great-great grandson is Adam Vinateri, the Colts’ Hall of Fame placekicker.

— Do the NFL pre/post-game shows really need five former players/coaches all sitting at a desk to talk about what is gonna happen or just took place? Of course not. By the time the one guy you really want to hear gets his turn to speak, it’s time to go to commercials.

— What are the odds that a guy could live in the woods of Maine without any human interaction for 30 years? Whatever they are, it is possible. Here is the story of the last true hermit:

http://www.gq.com/news-politics/newsmakers/201409/the-last-true-hermit?printable=true

— Why does spaghetti always break into several pieces when you snap it? Here comes the science, now with video goodness:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADD7QlQoFFI

— Former Tampa Bay Manager Joe Maddon played homage to one hit wonder band Tommy Tutone by submitting the following batting order in a Rays’ game last year:

8-6-7-5-3-0-9

(with 0 being the DH and the catcher or #2 position batting 9th)

— Did you know that Entourage, The Movie will be coming to a screen near you this summer. Here’s the trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vz2HyCgUWh4#t=77

That’s it “From the Swamp.”
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