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The 'Bag has messed around with the Magic Eight and other things the last couple weeks, so we thought it was time to get serious about answering reader questions -- straight, no chaser. Saddle up...
The push is on. Las Vegas, long known for its slot machines, feathered showgirls and its UNLV Runnin' Rebels college basketball team, is trading glitz for respectability and -- believe it or not --...
To hear Florida forward Joakim Noah tell the story, the notion of a repeat came up only once -- in Minneapolis, one of the Twin Cities, whose very nickname implies replication. Maybe there was a hint of the Duke mystique lingering like carbon 14 in the Metrodome, the same building where, in 1992, Christian Laettner's Blue Devils became the only team since '73 to win back-to-back NCAA men's basketball titles. But as Gators coach Billy Donovan led his star sophomores to the press conference after clinching a berth in last year's Final Four, he turned giddy at the possibilities: "We're going to win it this year, and then we're going to win it again next year, and you guys will be remembered as one of the best teams to ever play the game."
What have we learned during this college basketball season? Well, after four months we've learned that it's a felony to possess 'shrooms in the state of Washington (who knew?); that the most genuinely touching moment of the year would feature a teary-eyed Bob Knight; and, not least, that there's no clear favorite heading into the NCAA tournament.
The 'Bag has messed around with the Magic Eight and other things the last couple weeks, so we thought it was time to get serious about answering reader questions -- straight, no chaser. Saddle up...
The push is on. Las Vegas, long known for its slot machines, feathered showgirls and its UNLV Runnin' Rebels college basketball team, is trading glitz for respectability and -- believe it or not --...
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