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...Boston Red Sox played their first regular-season game of 2001 yesterday. And once again, my annual ritual of torment, jubiliation and heartbreak has begun...
Minnesota's regular-season WCHA title was also meaningless in the eyes of the selection committee...
Duke consistently has four or five players who score in double digits each game, a feat unheard of in college basketball anymore. During its 14-point romp of North Carolina in the ACC regular-season finale, the Blue Devils had top scorers of 33, 25, 16, and 15 points. Even NBA teams would be hard pressed to maintain a distribution like that...
Also open to debate is whether to expand to the playoffs from the current level of 12 to 14, thus giving only regular-season conference champions a first-round bye. 16 teams, is, and absolutely should be, out of the question...
...Crimson is still a good recruiting class away from that, and its youth and inconsistency will probably conspire to keep it from claiming the top spot this year. But first place is not as rich a prize this season because the NCAA eliminated the automatic bid for the regular-season title winner...