The Morning Edition

The ACC set a record with 12 players picked in the first round of yesterday's NFL Draft. The conference also had another three players taken with the first five picks of round two.

Florida State had five of those players, and NC State has another three, including the top pick.

At least one columnist, Ashley Fox of the Philadelphia Inquirer, thinks the Texans made a mistake taking Mario Williams over Reggie Bush. Another, Frank Dascenzo of the Herald-Sun, writes that Houston was correct in taking Williams. Only time will tell.

The Washington Post's Eric Prisbell, a friend of the Nation, writes that a lot of big-time college basketball players are going back to school instead of choosing the NBA. FSU's Alexander Johnson isn't one of them.

The top defenseman for the top college lacrosse team spent last summer working - and not on his game. But it hasn't hurt him as his Virginia Cavaliers are taking on Maryland in today's ACC title game.

Finally, it appears the attention at Duke is shifting somewhat away from the men's lacrosse team.