I beg, implore, plead with you to just say no.

Please do not do it, if you have any sense of decency.

What, you ask, has led to my favor asking of the NCAA? Isn't the possibility of the Delaware women's volleyball team playing at Yale in in the NCAA Division I tournament enough of a reason?

When Yale made its first and only appearance in the NCAAs, the Bulldogs hosted the first two rounds back in 2004. When Delaware made its inaugural appearance in the NCAA tournament in 2007, the Blue Hens were sent to New York with St. John's being the host site. Could you imagine the commotion if former UConn women's basketball recruit Elena Delle Donne and Delaware plays in the NCAA tournament in New Haven.

I know you know Delle Donne's story, the top-rated recruit in the current freshman class who lasted all of two days on UConn's campus back in June before returning home to Delaware. The basketball prodigy who claims she was burnt out with hoops so she enrolled at Delaware and joined the volleyball team.

When Delaware held a press conference announcing Delle Donne's intentions to play volleyball, Blue Hens volleyball coach and former Meriden resident Bonnie Kenny was extremely protective of Delle Donne whenever the line of questioning even appeared to be touching on the entire "why did you leave UConn" angle. Can you imagine the scene when every newspaper in the state converges on Payne Whitney Gymnasium to do the Elena Delle Donne returns to Connecticut story? It would not be pretty.

This much is known - Yale has earned a bid into the tournament by winning the Ivy League. Delaware is also NCAA-tournament bound courtesy of its Colonial Athletic Association tournament title. Word around Yale is they would not be surprised to be awarded hosting duties for the first and second rounds. The NCAA prefers to cut down on travel costs whenever possible in the first two rounds of the tournament so it is entirely possible that Delaware could be sent to the northeast. We will know for sure when the pairings are announced Sunday night. Ironically, probably around the time that the UConn/Oklahoma game is wrapping up, the NCAA bracket will be announced on ESPNU. What I have been hearing is that Yale will host and America East champion Albany and Northeast Conference winner Long Island along with a team from a BCS conference will likely come to New Haven but nothing is set in stone.

Is it an omen that the Delaware women's basketball team, of which Delle Donne is NOT a member, plays at Quinnipiac tonight?

I have intentionally avoided making any mention of Delle Donne, updating her progress since she made the decision to enroll at Delaware. It is my belief that my time would be better spent documenting the players who actually play for the UConn squad rather than obsessing over the one that got away. However, if Delaware gets sent to play in New Haven, all bets are off.

Send Delaware to Louisville, St. John's, Duke, anywhere but the Elm City and life will go on. Send her to play at Yale and chaos will reign. So if any NCAA types are reading, consider yourself served.