The decision by sophomore Doneal Mack to transfer from Memphis last month was a bit of a surprise. It was reported that he was unhappy with only averaging 12.5 minutes per game. The reserve guard was, however, poised to get more minutes with guards Chris Douglas-Roberts and Derrick Rose going to the NBA. The once highly recruited guard didn't choose a SEC or ACC team as initially indicated. Instead, he ended up choosing the University of New Orleans at the beginning of July and began to take classes.

Apparently he's had another change of heart. Barely a week at New Orleans and he wants to return to the Memphis Tigers. While it appears that Coach John Calipari is willing to take back the flighty Mack, the NCAA is now involved. Mack registered and began taking classes at another school. While it is within an actual window of time to return (14 days) and he took part in no athletic activities, there is still a bureaucracy that needs to be followed before he can be fully reinstated.

All the same, if I'm running the Memphis Tigers website, I don't list his bio and name on the roster until the NCAA signs off on this.

The NCAA has insisted that the Final Four be held in a domed stadium. The last one that wasn't held in a dome was 1996, when East Rutherford, NJ played host.

Right now, Atlanta, Detroit, Glendale/Phoenix, Houston, Indianapolis, Minneapolis, New Orleans, San Antonio and St. Louis all have domed stadiums. Not so surprisingly, they are nine if the ten cities fighting for Final Fours from 2012 through 2016.

The tenth city is Dallas ... who will open their domed Cowboys Stadium next year.

There is also Miller Park in Milwaukee, Safeco Field in Seattle and Tropicana Field in St.Petersburg. Minute Maid Park in Houston and Chase Field in Phoenix are technically possibilities... but those areas already have better domed stadiums. Of those parks, only Tropicana Field has ever hosted a Final Four (or an NCAA Tournament game, for that matter) or is likely to do so again.

Long gone are the days where Albuquerque (site of NC State's magical upset over Houston), Salt Lake City (Magic vs. Bird), Kansas City (no one has held more Final Fours ... including UNC-Kansas triple overtime thriller), Greensboro (NC State ending UCLA's championship reign), College Park, MD (Texas Western-Kentucky) or the World's Most Famous Arena ... Madison Square Garden in NYC ... can host college basketball's premiere event.

The National Association of Basketball Coaches board of directors have issued a statement that they want coaches and schools to stop hoffering scholarships to kids in the 10th grade or lower.

"The Board of Directors asks coaches to not offer scholarships or accept commitments from students earlier than June 15 following the conclusion of the sophomore year, which is the first date of permissible contact with prospective student-athletes according to NCAA regulations."

This really became a hot topic after an eighth grader committed to Kentucky earlier this year.

Of course, those big name coaches will say that this is a good policy. They shouldn't be trolling around junior highs, freshmen or sophomores. The problem is that they still will. As we've seen across this country, getting (or not getting) that huge recruit could ultimately mean your job. With so much on the line, do you expect a coach on the ropes to not try and go after the best and the brightest before they even have their driver's license?

The blog ACC Now even talks about this: Mike Krzyzewski agrees that they should stay away from kids that young ... but could he stay away if Class of 2011's Marshall Plumlee (brother of Duke recruits Miles and Mason) becomes a hot target?