Tech Tames Tech Talk

March Madness finds coaches and players trying almost anything to get a leg up on their competition for a national title. Just as they did before last week's Atlantic Coast Conference tournament, Coach Paul Hewitt's Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (22-12) plan to give up their personal cell phones in hopes of making a run to the Final Four. Players were initially skeptical, but their ACC tourney success made believers out of them, including Senior D'Andre Bell, who said the move helped the team become closer. The Jackets will test their new-found approach again this week as they open the NCAA tournament in Milwaukee, facing off against Oklahoma State, without any technological distractions. "It definitely makes you hang around each other, because we're the only people we can talk to," noted guard Iman Shumpert. Operator, can you hold our calls?

The Focus of Attention

Michael David Barrett, 48, the Illinois insurance executive who pleaded guilty in December to interstate stalking after prosecutors accused him of following ESPN reporter Erin Andrews to at least three cities and shooting nude videos of the sportscaster through hotel peepholes, was sentenced to 2½ years in prison -- the maximum allowed by law -- after giving a tearful apology that was harshly rebuked by his victim. Barrett admitted renting hotel rooms next to Andrews three times and shooting two videos of her while she was naked and was accused of posting the videos online, trying to sell them to Los Angeles-based celebrity gossip site TMZ last year. Barrett's lawyer, David Willingham, said his client is undergoing psychological treatment and "has sought the path of redemption." Although federal prosecutors in Los Angeles have agreed not to pursue further charges, he could face criminal action in different states stemming from similar videos he allegedly shot of other unsuspecting nude women. Andrews has agreed to appear on the new season of ABC-TV's "Dancing with the Stars" - an offer ABC made before the stalking allegations. Any press is still good press, right?

Room for One More on the Dance Floor?

With this year's NCAA Men's Division 1 Tournament seeding completed and brackets published for all to see, the annual discussion of "who's in, who's out" in college basketball takes priority around water coolers everywhere. March Madness is officially upon us, so let the insanity of inclusion run amok... Bubbles will burst, sweet 16s will get kissed off and three of the final four will fail. Step aside, Clyde -- Hoopapalooza is happening!