As best as I can tell from everyone I’ve talked to today, there were two people not present at last night’s basketball banquet: Dee Proby and Joe Mazzulla. That seems noteworthy to me in that Proby has seemingly been trying to e-form people he’s gone, but this is the first tangible evidence, and Mazzulla is indefinitely to stay away from all things basketball.

Other things to sneak out: Well Smith played last season with severe shin splints and now has a stress fracture. Bird Sowards, sadly, will not return. Truck Bryant took more charges than anyone on a team of players who get in trouble for not taking charges. Alex Ruoff was the best defender. And for the first time I can remember in any such award-giving ceremony, a rookie was named most improved. Devin Ebanks continues to redefine the way we think.