Every year I’m asked why I don’t put a bracket contest up for the blog and every year I have no explanation and can only reply, “Maybe next year.”

Well, this year is next year. Say hello to the inaugural blog bracket competition. The best predictor wins absolutely nothing except bragging rights. I hope that entices you to join. Your password is brackets.

Also, you can keep your email private in the “options” tab. You’ll be able to see it when you look at the players list, but it will show up as private to everyone else.

No updates today. I’m off to the airport shortly, but will be back if he news requires it. UAB and Clemson play around 9 p.m. tonight on truTV. The Mountaineers will be watching and, truthfully, not buying into the fatigue factor for their eventual opponent.

“After watching UConn win five games in five days, I think the idea that you get tired playing a couple games in a row, it’s hard to look at it that way any more,” senior forward Cam Thoroughman said of Connecticut’s Big East title run. “It just shows you that if you get momentum and get on a roll, good things can happen.”