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 Though the Cavaliers were able to hold off the Pacers during a snowy weekend game, we’re still looking at a team that desperately needs to get healthy for the home stretch.  Thankfully, good news has come across the wire as Sasha Pavlovic is slated to return this week.  

Fans may hardly have any recollection of anything that Pavlovic has done this season, as a contract issue turned quickly into a mid-foot injury towards the end of January.  It seems like agest since we’ve seen the #3 running the floor, but his return – albeit with a rough season thus far – will be very welcomed. 

This leaves Zydrunas Ilgauskas (back) and Daniel Gibson (ankle) as the final pieces to the puzzle.  Speaking of Ilgauskas, he has recently received an injection in his back and is feeling better.  A mid-March return is still the target, meaning that we’ll need more big games out of Anderson Varejao in the near future.  Gibson, on the other hand, will likely miss the remainder of the March month, making Pavlovic’s return that much more important.

MAC Tournament pairings have been announced.  Kent State pulled the top seed with Western Michigan, Akron and Ohio University following behind.  With all 12 teams being a part of the tourney, the top four seeds all get first round byes.  These games always pull a solid crowd, so get down to Cleveland early if you’re going to partake in the festivities.  Needless to say, gold will likely be the predominant color down here for the next few days.

Terrelle Pryor.  Wins basketball games.  Gets in fights.  Still hasn’t picked a school to attend?  Bonus for Penn State, since they dropped Indiana by four this weekend…

And finally, Hue Jackson appears to think that Shaun Smith is full of crap.  But the fact that Jackson’s support beam is that Smith doesn’t play in Cincinnati anymore seems to be a little weak to me.  Something tells me that this won’t be the end of this Chad Johnson story.

Have a good Monday, all.

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