ATHLON DEFENDS 4-8. Chris Williams sits down with an Athlon editor and discusses the magazine's season prediction for the Cyclones.

ACADEMICS? Cyclone basketball's weekly video is on the academics of the team with an over 3.0 cumulative GPA and 4 All-Academic Big 12 team members.

NO PROMISE RING FOR ROYCE. Boston reporters are saying now the Celtics definitely did not promise Royce White and he is refusing to work out for them. Despite the conflicting stories over the Celtics, Chad Ford believes it's the most logical landing spot for Royce, as does Jeff Goodman.

PER = PRO ROYCE? John Hollinger uses his PER system to evaluate the draft and believes White should be a top 10 pick.

UNIPATENT. Anthony Davis has trademarked "Fear The Brow" and "Raise The Brow". What, no "Brow Knows Best?"

GO PRO, YOUNG MAN. Glenn Logan at A Sea of Blue looks at Jared Sullinger's falling draft stock and how John Calipari would have changed that.

MARQUISE GOODWIN QUALIFIES FOR LONDON. The two sport Longhorn star has qualified for the Olympics in the long jump. Good to see his hard work and dedication pay off.

RGIII EXTORTION. A bizarre story on how RGIII is getting extorted by a former Baylor basketball player.