ACC Commissioner John Swofford has sent a letter to the Division I men's basketball committee requesting that conference strength be added to the list of criteria considered when the NCAA tournament field is selected.

Coaches say they plan to remind the media more often next season about the conference's strength.

One of the buzzing stories around the internets are some photos of UNC players Tyler Hansbrough and Bobby Frasor jumping off a balcony and into a pool. The pictures were taken at a SAE frat house and show both Psycho T and Frasor (close friends) at a party, jumping off a building into a large, inflatable pool.

Right now, they are getting a lot of heat (and some love) over the stunt on message boards and blogs.

Yes, these kinds of things go on at colleges. Anyone who's been in college has seen or participated in some stupid stuff ... especially once the spring semester ends and everyone is looking forward to a summer off. These guys are student-athletes and they have the same academic pressures as the rest of the student body.

However, these two are in college because of their physical gifts. Seeing Frasor up there was puzzling. He missed most of the past season after tearing up his knee. If Ty Lawson stays in the NBA Draft, Frasor inherits this team and will be counted on heavily. Seems like jumping off a balcony and into a pool isn't the best way to rehab that injury.

As for Hansbrough, I'm sure it just adds to his "Psycho T" legend. However, it is dumb for the defending Player of the Year to spend the offseason leaping off stuff like that. Whether he will be successful in the NBA or not, some team will draft him and, in turn, pay him lots and lots of money. It's really scary that he would risk all of that for his "I am a golden god" moment.

Two weeks ago, I mentioned that one of the ACC's biggest offseason stories would be (again) looking into expanding the conference basketball season to 18 games. For the third straight season, the current system of scheduling has been a talking point.

Last year, Virginia won a share of the ACC regular season crown with what was, statistically, the weakest schedule in the conference. This past season, Virginia Tech played UNC, Duke and Clemson just once apiece ... and that may have cost them an NCAA Tournament bid.

Now, the ACC may look into expanding the season from 16 to 18 games.

The Big East, Big Ten and Pac-10 all play the 18-game schedule and it hasn't hurt them come tournament time. The ACC is currently in a tournament funk (getting bids and winning games) and losing those bids to teams from those conferences.

Some say that adding the two extra games actually hurts the conference's RPI because it means those bad teams have to play more games, too. True, but one of the reasons the ACC continues to sit near the top of those RPI standings is because their "bad" teams are usually better than the other league's "bad" teams.

Obama spent the night in Chapel Hill following a rally late Monday at the Smith Center, then scrimmaged with the team on Tuesday morning after touring the Coach Bill Guthridge Locker Room with coach Roy Williams and his wife, Wanda.

Obama played team members that included Tyler Hansbrough, Marcus Ginyard, Marc Campbell, Surry Wood and Deon Thompson. He kept up with the run-and-gun pace for at least five minutes before benching himself.

When he got back in the game, Williams, who was watching from a chair on the sidelines, called out: "You've got the future president of the United States wide open."

"Danny and his father contacted me in the last 24 hours and indicated they wished to test the waters and enter Danny in the draft,'' UNC coach Roy Williams said in a prepared statement. "We have done the necessary paperwork to do that."

The announcement came as a surprise - Wednesday night, Williams told the News & Observer that Green had not been part of the coach's process of contacting teams to determine where the players might be drafted.

A surprise, indeed. There aren't really any draft sites that think he's a first round draft pick -- if they have him getting drafted at all. He, like Ty Lawon and Wayne Ellington (who are also entering the NBA draft), will not hire an agent in order to preserve his amatuer status and possibly return to school.

Meanwhile, the reigning player of the year Tyler Hansbrough has already said he's returning to school.

"I love playing at North Carolina and still have big dreams to realize here, including graduating," Hansbrough said in a prepared statement. "Of course I look forward to playing in the NBA some day but not next year. I love my collegiate experience and want to finish my four years here, then move on to my next dream of playing in the NBA. I am very relieved that this decision is behind us and I can concentrate on my academic work and improving my game for next season."

To be honest, I really thought he'd declare for the draft and not hire an agent (enabling him to return to school). He's a junior, so he could've used his one time testing-the-waters pass this spring just to gauge how NBA-ready he is.

The last Wooden Award winner to return to school the next season was Ralph Sampson in 1982. Sampson won the award again in 1983.

Now, Ty Lawson and Wayne Ellington will be testing the waters by declaring for the draft and not hiring an agent. DraftExpress.com has Lawson as the #30 pick (the final pick of the first round). Ellington is the 40th pick which means a lack of a guaranteed contract.

One of the best NBA draft sites, Draft Express, has a rundown of who is still on the fence about declaring for this June's draft. There is one week left for underclassmen to declare so speculation is running rampant.

The site believes that North Carolina's National Player of the Year Tyler Hansbrough is going to go pro:

Sources close to the situation tell us that Hansbrough will likely enter his name in the draft without an agent and try to help his stock with a strong showing at the Orlando pre-draft camp. He's currently projected to be drafted in the 20's, although it's not quite clear how much another year of college basketball will help him in the short or long-term.

To be honest, this is the smart move for Hansbrough ... and, really, any junior. You get to put your name into the draft and (if you don't have an agent) come back to school once so you may as well do it as a junior. I mean, he'll already be in the draft after his senior season!

This means he can go to the pre-draft camps and work with NBA coaches and other potential draft picks to see where he stands. If he isn't ready, he can get instruction on how to polish his game. Since he's not hiring an agent, he can then take his name out of the draft, head back to Chapel Hill and work on his flaws. If he is ready, he'll probably go somewhere in the late first round.

Also, the article says that UNC guard Ty Lawson will most likely return to school.

Former North Carolina Tar Heel, Reyshawn Terry, escaped his burning car in Greece unharmed. Terry ... a member of the 2005 National Championship team ... currently plays for the Greek team Aris Solonika.

According to a report , Terry and teammate Jeremiah Massey, who play for the Greece team Aris Solonika, were driving Monday in an area that is a stronghold for a rival team when they were attacked by five youths on motorcycles.

The attackers broke a car window and threw a smoke flare inside, according to the report.

Who knew that the Tar Heel would see a rivalry that is apparently bigger than UNC-Duke? I guess that Aris Solonika-PAOK rivalry is on another level (according to Wikipedia, it is).

Massey was the 2004 Big XII Newcomer of the Year at Kansas State. Aris also has former Memphis guard Darius Washington, Indiana guard Bracey Wright and Utah forward Hanno Mottola on the roster. Guys like Reggie Theus, Roy Tarpley, Sam Vincent, Walter Berry, Charles Shackleford, Tobey Bailey and Smush Parker have played for Aris BC at one time in their careers.

The ACC-Big Ten Challenge will be held again this year, despite the ACC winning all the previous nine.

The headlining game will be North Carolina at Michigan State at Ford Field ... site of the Final Four. The stadium will be set up similar to what it was for the Midwest Region Finals to have a 65,000+ capacity seating.

In other marquee games, Duke will travel to Purdue in what should be a matchup of top ten teams. The Blue Devils have never lost in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge (9-0). Also, Ohio State travels to Miami is what normally would be a jawdropping football game.

The other games:

• Indiana at Wake Forest
• Michigan at Maryland
• Wisconsin at Virginia Tech
• Clemson at Illinois
• Virginia at Minnesota
• Florida State at Northwestern
• Iowa at Boston College
• Penn State at Georgia Tech

Since the ACC has one more member than the Big Ten, NC State will sit out of the Challenge due to their last place finish.

There has been much said about UNC coach Roy Williams wearing a Kansas sticker on his shirt last Monday night (for more on that story and my take on it, click here). One thing it has done is help end a lot of the animosity between he and KU fans.

Well, that plus the Jayhawks spanking the Heels and going on to win the National Championship.

Still, Ol' Roy isn't as hated as he used to be. The much ballyhooed Kansas barber who moved Roy's picture to the men's room has now dusted it off and put it back in plain view.

Instead of facing the urinal in the back of the building, the man who coached Kansas to nine conference championships is facing customers out front. His smiling countenance is nestled between photographs of former Jayhawks greats Clyde Lovellette and Wilt Chamberlain.

"The hatchet is buried," shop owner Jon Amyx said. "I think most people would tell you that now."

"I was surprised to see that," Amyx said. "A lot of people were. It was neat to see him sitting there with that on his chest. People wanted to beat Roy more than they wanted to beat North Carolina, and we did. Now I think next time we play them, we'll just want to beat North Carolina."