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Gentlemen, Start Your Checkbooks!- The NFL free agency period kicks off tonight at 12:01, ET. That's 9:01 p.m. for GMs on the west coast. Plenty of time for them to sign a few backup linebackers and still make last call. Hard to say if the frenzy will be in full force by tomorrow, but there's little doubt it will at some point be followed by its less sexy cousin- team taking brutal cap hits trying to rectify mistakes made signing '07 free agents. Len Pasquarelli lists the 30 most eligible singles, and with whom they might consummate.

#2 UCLA vs. #13 Washington State (10:30 pm, EST)- Ben Howland's Bruins have already wrapped up a share of the Pac-10 title, but greedy little things that they are, want the whole thing. They can get it with a win Saturday against Washington, or with a win tonight against the Cougars. Pullman, which undoubtedly would be a first round pick in anybody's "Least Sexy Places to Recruit College Players" Fantasy Draft, is normally a relatively easy place to grab a road win because WSU normally sucks at hoops. Not so much this year. The Cougars are 14-1 at Wallis Beasley Performing Arts Coliseum (not quite as intimidating as say, "The Pit," but you do with what you have). Wazoo coach Tony Bennett has his team angling for a lofty NCAA seed with their suffocating D that has limited opponents to only 57.8 ppg and a .394 fg percentage, first and second in the conference, respectively. Offensively, they make Howland's squad look like Loyola Marymount, too. Our recommendation? Take the under.