
Diploma or Dollars? Five Days to Decide on NBA
Many 2016 March Madness games will be decided in the next five days when stars must choose between the NBA and one more college run.

Many 2016 March Madness games will be decided in the next five days when stars must choose between the NBA and one more college run.

At 270 pounds, Xavier’s Matt Stainbrook won the battle with the 350-pound Joshua Smith for most of the game, scoring 20 points and grabbing 9 rebounds to give Xavier a 53-33 lead. However, he did not get another point or rebound from that point on as the Hoyas turned up the pressure for a ferocious run to fall just short 65-63.

Even with the universal kudos for the Big East’s fantastic year, St. John’s Sir’Dominic Pointer (left in photo) and Georgetown’s D’Vauntes Smith-Rivera (right) are not getting All-American talk despite analytics showing they are among the top 10 players in the country at www.valueaddbasketball.com through this weekend’s games.