I have the urge to go off on a massive rant, but I think I will summarize it – simply don’t want to have to go look up all the quotes.

Everyone by this point probably knows the LSU saga – and how Will Wade was caught on FBI wiretap talking about paying a recruit.  If you have not been keeping up with that saga, here are some blips:

• LSU indefinitely suspended Wade the day after the Yahoo Sports article came out
• They also suspended the player mentioned in the wiretap – Javonte Smart – for their final regular season game against Vanderbilt
• Then, Wade through his attorneys said that he would not meet with LSU like they requested to discuss what happened – that he would only do it after the FBI case was concluded.
• As you can expect, LSU responded that Wade would remain indefinitely suspended until he discussed the situation with the administration.
• Wade sent a statement out saying that he felt that LSU was being unfair – that he should be allowed to protect his constitutional rights to not incriminate himself and still be able to do his job.  LUNATIC RANTING NOTE – Wade is more insane than the Lunatic.  His constitutional rights to not incriminate himself are applicable to a court of law – not an employer asking him to attend a closed-door meeting.  He is very lucky that LSU did not say that showing up to work and the meetings he is told to by the administration are parts of the terms of his contract – if he would like to keep his job and not be fired with cause, he should show up when he is told to show up.
• Surprisingly, LSU says that they are reinstating Javonte Smart – that he has cooperated with LSU’s and the NCAA’s investigation, and they feel comfortable letting him play.  LUNATIC RANTING NOTE – This feels like the NCAA has told them that they are going to get punished pretty severely and that this season is going to be vacated and so why should they care if they are playing with an ineligible player.   I could be completely wrong – maybe the kid wasn’t involved in all of this nonsense.  But considering that the Tigers are the #9 team when Smart is playing, it would not be a complete shock that this was simply about winning.

That leads up to today – when bubble team Florida plays the Tigers with Javonte Smart – and pulls off a huge resume-boosting upset victory when the Gators’ Andrew Nembhard hit a three pointer with 1 second left in the game to win 76-73.

It is great that Florida had such an amazing victory today – they have had a ridiculously tough schedule which is part of the reason they had so many losses and yet had such a high NET ranking.  They are a good team – and today probably has earned them a spot in the field.

But you have to admit – March does appear to be applying a little bit of karma to the LSU Tigers……