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...They did very well, as expected,” Hoff said. “It is good to see that we have some options off the bench...
Also playing a critical role in the win were a handful of players off the bench, including Rousmaniere, freshman Jaren LaGreca, sophomore Desmond Mitchell, and junior Anthony Tijero...
...many coaches would have had the temerity to bench Wilt Chamberlain in the final moments of a championship game. But for the earthy, profane, hyper-animated Butch Van Breda Kolff, above, who held 13 head-coaching jobs in a 30-year career, the 1969 decision was no big deal--even though his Los Angeles Lakers lost to the Boston Celtics and V.B.K., as he was known, was fired. An ex--New York Knick, he coached teams including the Detroit Pistons, the Phoenix Suns and Bill Bradley's Princeton squad--and treasured teamwork and unselfishness above all. "Life isn't much...
...bulwark against corruption and Islamist extremism began to view him as a ham-fisted dictator attempting to remove a potential obstacle to his plan to remain in office. Chaudhry was reinstated by the Court last month, and today's ruling is an indication of the willingness of the bench to flex its muscles...
...hasn't expanded fast enough to meet the demand from students eager to get ahead in Asia's second fastest-growing economy (after China). Nguyen Thu Phuong, 18, studied for more than a year for the exams, and was poring over a few last-minute math equations on a bench shortly before testing began. Her mother, anxiously fanning the girl as she studied, once fought for the communist side in the Vietnam War and recently retired from a state-run factory, but she dreams of her daughter working in banking or finance. "It's not like the old days," Phuong...