By David Scott
Boston Sports Media

10:03

• Does Izzo tell his assistants that he needs at least two redheads per recruiting class? “Okay, we need a two, a three and two reds – who should we be recruiting?”
• Doug Flutie was featured in a one-on-one with constant (and annoying)-head-tilter, Karen Marinella at the WB56, was airing opposite halftime so we watched for a few minutes. Flutie made it worth watching, as did some of the old Pat Patriot footage and a classic Raymond Clayborn post-game clip.

Marinella, according to her bio, has been in Boston since 1988. She’s not exactly a hidden secret, but she did elicit some poignant answers from what we saw.

And we applaud the local WB-affiliate for doing some original programming with a national feel.
• Did we just applaud WB56? Check please!
• Michigan State is leading because they are running, but Sethy Pooh decided they should stop running, much to the dismay of Clark Kellogg, who was as close to slugging the SI Guy as we’ve seen all Tournament.
• I, like Bruce Weber, wrote ‘April 4’ on the Dry-Erase board. But young Percy the Dog couldn’t read it. . . Pre-game, in the CBS glimpse inside the locker room, Weber asked the kids to go out and “make memories.” So far, so good.
• There’s a good chance the Long Trail Blackbeary Wheat will share Summer Beer honors with old standby, Red Stripe, for Shots’ SumBeer ’05.
• The Scott’s Shots correspondents stationed at the Rob Kennedy Hoop Group Extravaganza in St. Louis reported in during the first half of Game 2.

Interestingly enough, all seem to still be conscious – or at least upright. The usual assemblage includes Duxbury’s finest, Big John, alongside the Norwell Notable and Philadelphia’s Potent Potable. Now there’s three things I miss about the Final Four. And discount-championship-gear-on-Tuesday makes four.
• How can John Wooden let a moose loose on the court? It just doesn’t make sense. The Pyramid would never include a moose. Never.
• I’d like you to know: I need a nap. But I’m persevering. For you, and you and you.
• Manny was shown in an AP Photo in Friday’s Herald wearing what looked like the Tug McGraw Ya Gotta Believe bracelet made of rawhide and red yarn. If it was, please remember Shots brought the trend to Boston and not the Ditzy Dinger Donger. I don’t need credit for the charitable contribution, but for the trend? That I need credit for. Just like you should all be praising me for the wrinkled trend.
• It’s these hours of the night, when bloggers get loopiest. Blog, blog, blog.
• See?
• If a Wetzel and a Neitzel were to marry, we’d have Neitzel-Wetzels or Wetzel-Neitzels in the world. What would that mean to society?
• I like this whole idea of not having Duke at the Final Four. Can we run with it for a few years?
• Tomorrow night at this time, David Wells will be eating something: either crow or his post-game burgers.