The previous record of four blocks didn’t seem worthy of the record, so Joakim Noah decided to fix that. The tournament MVP got six blocks in the title game, and his overall play was the reason the Florida Gators won the NCAA championship, and helping them shed their image of just being a football school. Noah also earned the record for the most blocks ever throughout the tournament…

Shaq has now gone on a tirade about the officiating, the first it seems (or largest) since coming to Miami. The comments came after the game against New Jersey, where he picked up several offensive fouls in a row. He was complaining about Rod Thorn, who works in the front office for the Nets while in charge of the referees for the NBA. Still, it isn’t like Shaq hasn’t got his benefit from calls…

The Pistons streak of starting the same five players (Billups, Hamilton, Prince, and the Wallaces) came to an end with the suspension of Rasheed Wallace. Wallace was suspended for having too many technical fouls, and will continue to miss a game after every other technical until the end of the season.

Now that the NCAA games are over, it’s time to focus on the NBA playoffs coming up. Several teams are fighting for a playoff spot, or to move around in the seeding. One place you don’t want to be: the Western fifth seed. Either way, you play Dallas or San Antonio. The sixth seed is in a better spot, who’d play Denver in the first round.