Top high school prospect Andrew Wiggins chose Kansas today. Some disappointed but courageous keyboard warriors went right up to Wiggins’ virtual face and gave him a piece of their minds. Virtually.

The Kentucky Wildcats have a problem. No, not losing to Robert Morris – their exclusion from the NCAA Tournament by those damn liberal socialists already harpooned their morale. The problem is, in regular basketball circles, usually draped in positivity. They have too many good players. Or, at least, players worthy of playing time.

Myles Crosby is a 6-3, 205-pound safety from Colleyville Heritage High School in Texas that recorded 108 tackles, two forced fumbles and 13 passes defensed in his senior season. He has committed to play football next year at SMU. Rivals ranks him as a two-star recruit. ESPN only has a few videos and bits of information on him. Models.com ranks him 11th.

It’s football signing day – the first day high school football recruits can sign binding letters of intent with the colleges of their choice (and virtually all of them sign today) – a.k.a. Christmas morning for recruiting fanatics a.k.a. the creepiest day of the sports year. And while it’s early, it’s tough to imagine any school having a better day today than Ole Miss.

Everyone knows that the NCAA’s recruiting rules are both behind the times and unfairly punitive. But it appears that the NCAA has taken it one step further, banning coaches from “altering photos for recruiting purposes.” Which, in short, essentially bans them from using Instagram.

Adam Breneman is a 6-5, 228 pound tight end that committed to playing football at Penn State last March. But the class of 2013 recruit hasn’t stopped hearing from other schools, including Ole Miss, who decided to overwhelming him with a smattering of hand-written recruiting letters: 32 in all, in fact.

Fan passion is one of the main factors making college sports as great as they are. Unfortunately, it’s also something that can make college sports… kind of creepy. And sometimes, that creepiness is actually against the rules.

There’s been a ton of focus on the shady tactics and corruption rampant in college football lately. From the Jim Tressel saga to Oregon’s recruiting services to North Carolina’s…everything, there’s been no shortage of material to work with to show just how often rules are bent or broken.

Somewhat lost in the shuffle: just how shady college basketball can be. Judging by the details of one recent story, however – one that sadly began in tragedy – we’re in for quite the reminder.

People love following college football and basketball recruiting. Is the appetite for info so insatiable that a random guy with a fake blog is treated like he’s legitimate? Yes.