Idle Thoughts, while waiting for vaccine distribution, the Giants to win the NFC East and for Jay Bilas to get the Final Four color commentary gig he deserves:

• Dr. Idle, Dr. I to his close friends, considers Jay Wright of Villanova to be the best coach in college basketball.

But he reached exalted status the other day telling Pat Eaton-Robb of the Associated Press that "Bubbleville" at Mohegan Sun would be a great place for the 2021 Big East Tournament.

"You feel safe," Wright said.

So, Big East, let's hop to it. Neon Uncasville's time has arrived.

• Dr. I has it on good authority that Dan Devine was coaching Notre Dame the last time its offensive line got called for holding.

• Here is Dr. I's audition to be an NFL color analyst:

"In this football game, they've got to be able to throw the football here because that's how you win football games in the National Football League. You have to throw the football to win football games on the offensive side of the football because it makes life hard on the defensive side of the football in the National Football League."

• If tennis commentator Mary Carillo married former Giant Mel Ott, divorced him for singer Don Ho (they celebrated with tiny bubbles) and then divorced him for William Tell, that would make her Mary Ott Ho Tell.

(Heh, heh heh.)

• Dr. I is going to write his next column with a towel on his shoulder to honor the late, great John Thompson.

• Great line here from talk show host Joe Ovies: "ND is really going to win the ACC Championship and then hit Swoff (league commissioner John Swofford) with, "had a great time but I still think we should see other people."

• Do yourself a favor and watch Rhode Island hoops this year.

Fatts Russell may go foul line to foul line quicker than any other guard in the country.

• First thing that needs to happen in sports post pandemic: basketball coaches resume wearing more professional attire. Respect the event.

• Congrats to Ally Gleason, a Dr. I favorite: Ally, the coach at Old Lyme, was named the Shoreline Conference Boys' Soccer Coach of the Year. Well deserved.

• Thinking the officiating crew for the ACC championship game will be something like:

Liam O'Malley, referee; Declan McLaughlin, umpire; Aidan O'Leary, head linesmen; Seamus Brannigan, field judge; Ronan Patrick O'Brien, replay official.

• Dr. I thinks change is in order for "Winter Wonderland" lyrics.

It should be "later on, we'll perspire, as we dream by the fire."

• If you like food, Dr. I highly recommends "Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat" on Netflix.

• Can't wait till the Mets start spending money.

Then maybe the Yankees will awaken from their coma and start acting like the Yankees again.

• Well, we all survived Thanksgiving without high school football.

Let's go for two in a row next year. That way, we can start the football season earlier, end it earlier and give winter sports the opportunity to practice with their full teams in advance of their season.

Because this just in: winter sports count, too.

• Dr. I is trying to envision a postgame Zoom presser with Jim Calhoun the first time there's a technical difficulty.

• Speaking of the Huskies, Dr. I nearly wept tears of joy watching this kid Adama Sanogo the other night.

A big guy who wants to be a big guy. Not shoot threes. Skilled. Wide. Good hands and feet. Likes working around the basket. Who knew they existed anymore?

• Beware, you Cincinnati Bengals. Danny Dimes in the house.

This is the opinion of Day sports columnist Mike DiMauro