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...After three weeks of agonizingly peripheral contact with the NCAA Tournament, I’ve come to a few conclusions. In the international world of sports, there remain few outlets for college athletes to attain the fame and renown so common to the NCAA Tournament. There are no Christian Laettner moments or Tyus Edney heroics; the international college arena is a small, informal and anonymous one.My international travels have taught me that highly competitive college sports are a predominantly American phenomenon. In Argentina, college teams are like intramural teams, composed of all those who want to play and lacking...
...talked to Heff after Pete’s game about suddenly realizing that it was all over, that the stubborn part of me that still aspired to be Christian Laettner or Grant Hill had died with the realization that Pete was already doing it. He replied, “Well, I guess that?...
...spend 148 games with Shane Battier?" asks Krzyzewski, referring to the 2000-01 season's consensus college player of the year. "Literally, over a thousand locker-room settings. How much is that worth, to be with that kid for four years? Or to be with Wojciechowski or Laettner or Hill or Hurley or..." he trails off. He's not crying, at least...
...unbelievably hard - and their intelligence on the court belies any charges of complacency. Listen to or read any interview, and you'll find this Duke squad is unfailingly humble, a quality that's getting rare among today's college players. And before anyone starts in on the whole Christian Laettner thing, let me remind you that while he was utterly annoying, he graduated seven years ago. It's time for everyone to move...
...UCLA forward Ed O'Bannon was the last player to win the Wooden Award in the same year his team won the NCAA title (1995). Three others have pulled the double feat: Louisville's Darrell Griffth (1980), Kansas' Danny Manning (1988) and Duke's Christian Laettner (1992). Michael Jordan was named the Wooden Award winner in 1984, two years after his North Carolina team won the national championship. UNLV's Larry Johnson won the Wooden Award in 1991, the year after the Runnin' Rebels were shocked by Duke in their bid to repeat as champions...