Word: laettner
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Excellence." Several friends and even a few people I've never met are cleaning my clock on the way to the Sweet 16. In my own defense, I spent a grand total of 120 seconds filling out my bracket--Duke, my perennial favorite since the days of Christian Laettner, is filled in every round through to the championship, where I have them defeating UConn...
Only a few years ago, the college game was a very different one. Players, no matter how talented, stayed in school until graduation. Duke's remarkable run of Final Fours and National Championships was made possible by the four-year careers of such stars as Christian Laettner and Grant Hill. Today, it is difficult to imagine such talents foresaking the NBA until graduation...
...only was the Duke dynasty exciting, it also allowed fans to "get to know" the team. Watching the same players for a number of years gave fans the opportunity to develop favorites and villians--there were many who enjoyed hating Laettner's brashness and late-game heroics...
...would have been difficult for fans to develop the same feelings about Marbury or Iverson, who are both at least as talented as Laettner. By the time they had clearly established themselves as stars, they were...
...even the most disinterested fans know, Demian is correct--all that matters is the final score, But, unlike Laettner and his ilk, at least the Harvard players have built solid off-court reputations. If that matters...