FOXBOROUGH, Mass. --- The NCAA likes to promote the "welfare of the student-athlete" and other such platitudes.

It might have dropped the ball a little bit when developing slides of players in the final four to display during timeouts and after goals.

Virginia sophomore Brian Carroll's mug was displayed a few minutes ago at Gillette Stadium. His listed major: "??????????"

(This is not meant to disparage Carroll, who is probably well within his right as a sophomore not to have a declared major.)

The Virginia media guide doesn't list a major for Carroll. But chances are, a cadre of question marks are not an approved area of study at Thomas Jefferson's university.

--- Patrick Stevens