FAU basketball recruits two players.

The countdown to March Madness is several months away, but the beginning of the regular season is near. There are many good teams to watch-out for this season.

Some include: Memphis, North Carolina, Michigan State and Louisville, but other teams are recruiting and getting ready for the years to come; those include the Florida Gators and Florida Atlantic University.

Florida Gators lost 5 starters this year to the NBA draft. The return of head coach Billy Donovan has gator fans excited again, but they will have a different mind-set then the championship team had. Instead of having leadership and experience, they will have to rely on youth and athleticism. The Gators recruited top prospect G Jai Lucas, SF Nick Calathes, Adam Allen, Chandler Parsons and Alex Tyus, to make the "baby gators" the best recruting class of 2007.

On the other hand, Florida Atlantic University had verbal agreement from two players.

Shooting Guard, Dago Pena and Combo Guard, Shay Shine verbally agreed to play for the Owls this season. With Sun-Belt conference 1st team player, Carlos Monroe, the Owls look to put one of the most explosive young team in the conference on the court.
Only FAU coach Rex Walters, though, envisioned both in his backcourt.
According to heraldtribune,"

Florida Atlantic made Dago and Shay a priority," said Matt Ramker, founder of the adidas-sponsored Florida Rams, the duo's travel team. "(FAU) worked harder than anyone. They convinced Dago to pass on much-larger schools and help build their school into a bigger national name."

Look for FAU to make a run at the Sun Belt conference championship this year. If so, it will be the second time in the school's history that the Owls would make the NCAA tournament. With young players and a leader in Monroe, the Owls will be a scoring team that can cause some damage against poor defenses.

Miami Dolphins are 0-5.

Kris Brown kicked 5 field goals including a 57-yard field goal as the Houston Texans defeated the Miami Dolphins 22-19. Brown kicked three out of his five field goals beyond 50 yards.

"That's as impressive as I've ever seen," Texans coach Gary Kubiak
said. And then to put that on top of it, i'm kind of lost of words. It's special. i don't know if we'll ever see that again."

Houston Texans offense was superb. They had more total yardage and passing yardage then the Miami Dolphins. The Dolphins running game out-rushed the Texans running game. The Dolphins running back, Ronnie Brown rushed for 114 yards on 23 carries. He also had a rushing touchdown.

If the Dolphins 0-5 start is not bad enough. During the game, the Dolphins also lost there starting quarterback Trent Green. Green, was hit in head and was injured by the Texans defensive tackle, Tarvis Johnson. The Dolphins back-up quarterback Cleo Lemon replaced Green and went 15 for 27 for 151 yards.

Lemons looked poised. He showed he can run the Dolphins offense. He will start Miami's next game. Green is out indefinetly. Miami also has options with second round pick John Beck. The BYU quarterback is now the second-string quarterback behind Cleo Lemon. If Lemon gets hurt or starts to struggle, look for Miami to start the rookie sometime down the line.