They’ve changed it to The Antonin Scalia Law School (though many argue that ASLS is just as good/bad).

A new year means a new season for many of the local area teams.

The DCist sports team breaks down how our area teams are doing now that we’re a month into college basketball season.

Given that the Washington metropolitan area is a hotbed of college hoops, DCist has taken the time to help run down the list of Midnight Madness events happening in the region.

Cuban pianist Chucho Valdés is a wizard on the keys, and is considered among the finest Latin jazz musicians in the world. He will be performing with the Afro-Cuban Messengers tonight at George Mason University.

Now that school is back in session and conference play is underway, DCist is giving you a rundown of all the local hoops teams, and we mean all of them. So if you need something to distract you from that other team in DC, we have eight more that you can follow.

While 2011 is winding down, college basketball is about to pick up. Area schools are about to begin — or have already begun — conference play, which means it’s time for the first of many college hoops roundups this season. So whether you follow the Hoyas, Terps, Colonials, Patriots, Bison or Eagles, we here at DCist have got you covered:

This Friday marks the first time college basketball teams can run organized practice for the upcoming season. In other words, it’s Midnight Madness time.

It’s March Madness season and the tinny ring of pep band music is in the air. This video of the George Mason University’s Green Machine pep band — not that other ill-fated Fenty green machine — covering Rage Against the Machine has been making the rounds recently.

Photo by Natalia Esina. Good morning Washington. While this weekend won’t be as warm as yesterday, we’ll still hit the 60s today as we officially transition into Spring tomorrow. Also, don’t miss tonight’s super full moon, it was already pretty big last night. >> Sixth-seeded Georgetown lost their game against eleventh-seeded VCU last night by a pretty big margin – 74 to 56. Sorry Hoya fans, guess you’ll have to wait ’till next year,…