Mike Bianchi

ORLANDO, Fla. -- It's been a little more than a week now since we last saw Dwight Howard, who, at the time, was agitated during the Orlando Magic's exit interviews when members of the local media asked him questions about his future.

He didn't want to talk about it. He became annoyed. Finally, he'd had enough, cut off the interviews and walked away into one of the most uncertain Magic off-seasons in history.

Let us hope Magic GM Otis Smith has more productive conversations with Dwight about his future than the Orlando media did.

NEW ORLEANS -- We all know that Brigham Young University made national headlines a couple of weeks ago when it dismissed center Brandon Davies, one of its best players, from the team for having premarital sex.

Sweet 16 question of the day: How many players would the Florida Gators, BYU's opponent Thursday night, have eligible if Florida forbade sexual relations?

Chandler Parsons, Florida's Southeastern Conference Player of the Year, just shook his head and laughed when I asked him the question Wednesday at the pre-tournament news conference. Later, when I asked him again to give me a percentage of UF players who have had premarital sex, he would only say, "We don't share that information."

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Give a roaring, raucous Orlando Sentinel welcome to Sgt. Stanley's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Bobby Bowden never, ever beat the Florida Gators on Bobby Bowden Field.

But Jimbo Fisher has.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- The legions and legions of Gator-haters out there will tell you elatedly that the spiritual leader of University of Florida football has left the building.