What you might not know about the Shabazz situation...

OK, OK. You've read about all you can handle on the top-ranked Shabazz girls basketball team getting disqualfied from the state tournament.

BUT...here is a little something you still might find interesting.

Remember the 21st regular-season game Shabazz played against Linden last Thursday? The one that put the school over the NJSIAA's limit of 20 and led to the DQ? Two reliable sources told me this week that Linden tried to cancel/reschedule that game but was told no by Shabazz officials.

Linden was coming off a Union County Tournament overtime loss to Scotch Plains-Fanwood on Wednesday and did not want to play less than 24 hours later.

That only sours the situation even more, of course. Shabazz had an out and did not take it.