Georgia Tech 63, FSU 57: I hate to headline last evening’s games with one of the games that didn’t mean much to anybody who’s not me, but I’m going to anyway. The Yellow Jackets won their fourth straight game, and their first road win since February 2005. Yes, it’s been a while. Javaris Crittenton led the Jackets in scoring — as you probably knew from the not so subtle but very long title — with 29 points, and has flung himself into my exclusive list of Tech Players Whose Asses I’d Slap. Other members of this prestigious group include Chris Bosh, Jarrett Jack, Kenny Anderson, Dennis Scott, Will Bynum, Anthony McHenry, The Aussie, I’smail Muhhamad, Matt Harpring, BJ Elder, James Forrest, Malcom Mackey, Brian Oliver, John Barry, Drew Barry, John Salley. . . okay, maybe not exclusive, per se. But extensive, no less.

Texas Tech 77, Texas A&M 75: Texas Tech broke a five game losing streak, and A&M had its five game winning streak snapped when Jarrius Jackson hit a jumper as time expired to help Tech to its second win over the Aggies this year. This win helps Texas Tech out a lot, who was starting to slip off the edge of the NCAA tournament. I feel like a Bob Knight joke should be inserted here, but I’m not near clever enough at the moment.

Virginia Tech 81, UNC 80: That loss Georgia Tech had to VT at home this year is starting to look a little better. Zabian Dowdell is a name you might want to remember, because I have a feeling he’s going to be big in March. The kid is incredibly quick, and led the Hokies to victory with 33 points. Maybe now VT will be taken a little more seriously.

Florida Gulf Coast U 65, Butler 79: I’m not trying to squash the small fish, but c’mon. Butler is the 12th ranked team in the nation? They just beat Florida Gulf Coast U, who, outside of their student body, no one even knew existed.

Kentucky 85, Tennessee 89: Chris Lofton always dreamed of playing for Kentucky, and is now giving Tubby Smith nightmares for not recruiting him. In his three games against the Wildcats, Lofton has averaged 23.6 ppg. I’m starting to think Tubby wouldn’t say “you’re too small” if he still wanted to play there. . .

Things have Looked Better in South Bend: Wilson Chandler was a one-man wrecking crew for DePaul. Chandler had a season high 25 points, 11 rebounds and 3 blocks to help DePaul beat Notre Dame, 67-66. This was Notre Dame’s second hard loss to swallow this week; on Saturday, the Irish lost to South Florida 69-66.

I Guess They Won’t Be A Cinderella: Butler, ranked number 9 in the nation, put a smacking on Cleveland State, 92-50. I won’t pretend to really know anything about either of these teams, except Butler’s pretty good and Cleveland State’s pretty bad.

The Tigers Only Have Three Losses: Memphis beat UAB, 70-56, improving to 20-3, in a game that wasn’t even close. The Tigers held the Blazers to 31% shooting, caused 20 turnovers, and outrebounded UAB 50-37. I don’t know if anyone remembers, but one of those three losses Memphis has was to. . . you guessed it: Gerogia Tech.

Sorry these are being posted so late, but I woke up late as hell today. Couldn’t fall asleep last night. I was having dreams of Georgia Tech being dominated by Duke, only to wake up and realize that we beat them like they were our Sister of the ACC. Take that, Duke. It’s about time (it was only our 2nd win against them in the last 22 meetings. Not a very good percentage, since you had to ask).

Kansas 87, Ok. State 57: So much for Ok. State being a top ten team. Kansas had a 17 point lead at the break, and continued their wrecking-ball dominance through the second half. Now we’ll see if they can do this in March.

Butler 67, Illinois-Chicago 73: So much for this team to be a 3 seed in March. They had a nice little run, but a couple of more losses and they’ll go back to Cinderella status.

Marquette 73, UCONN 69: Jim Calhoun’s squad is starting to come back to earth after a nice start. This loss was most deflating because it came at home, where Uconn had a 31 game winning-streak.

Vandy 82, UT 81: Vandy has now beaten Georgia Tech and Tennessee, making them my least favorite team in the nation. Chris Lofton did his thing for the Vols, shooting 6/7 from beyond the arch, which actually turned out to be an off day.