A few links before I throw in the towel on watching election coverage and get a little sleep:

* The CollegeInsider mid-major top 25 is out, and two MAAC teams are ranked -- Fairfield at No. 10 and Siena at No. 20. Iona is also receiving votes.

* Speaking of Fairfield, Ed Cooley and Derek Needham raved last week at media day about the progress Greg Nero has made since returning from a weakened immune system to perform like an all-league candidate in preseason workouts.

Well, as Chris Elsberry writes, Nero's progress was on display Monday night, when the fifth-year senior had 13 points and eight rebounds in 16 minutes.

* Wondering why Edwin Ubiles wasn't selected in Monday's D league draft? As Mark Singelais writes, Ubiles' agent pulled him out of the draft, but he has signed a D league contract and will be on a team when he's done rehabbing a leg injury that slowed him for much of last year.

* Jerry Carino has lots of good stuff from Kevin Willard's first media day at Seton Hall.

Lastly, a programming note: I'll be talking MAAC hoops with Ryan Feldman on Hoops Talk Live today in the noon hour. Should be fun.