A demo of NCAA March Madness 07, the new basketball game from Electronic Arts (actually, EA Canada), is available for download on Xbox Live. The game won't be released until January 2007, but you can download the demo now.

We weren't expecting this download until November 20 (I can't find it but I know there was a press release being passed around that said the download will be available on the 20th - or was that the 14th?). But there it is - the picture from an anonymous tipster proves it - as clear as the splint wrapped around the injury on Mike Henderson's hand - you know, the Iowa Hawkeyes guard.

Speaking of the Hawkeyes, they are not in EA's top 25 list for the January release of the game. EA's experts have decided on the top 25 list for the January release, and we don't see the Hawkeyes in it. What we do see is No. 1 Florida and No. 2 Kansas.

As for the demo, we haven't downloaded it yet (we were downloading a couple other things, ahem, Rainbow Six, ahem), but you can bet we will.

In case you've been behind and haven't seen the EA's Top 25 (it's been wandering the Internet for about two days), it's behind the jump. Click on the Full Article link below to see it.