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Calipari Will Save Kentucky From Itself

Posted: Mar 31st 2009 8:53PM by Jay Mariotti (author feed)
Filed under: NCAA Basketball

It's a marriage of mutual necessity. He needs them -- and, oh, do they need him, as sure as Ashley Judd can fill a "Go 'Cats'' t-shirt. The anguished looms at Kentucky need John Calipari because he'll hustle, sell the program, recruit stud players, kiss babies and embrace the psychotic romance that is Big Blue Nation. And John Calipari needs Kentucky because, well, he still isn't roundly accepted as an elite coach, a perception he'll change if he resurrects a fallen dynasty.

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Great Expectations for All 16

Posted: Mar 26th 2009 1:04PM by Ray Holloman (author feed)
Filed under: ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, C-USA, Pac-10, Midwest Region, West Region, South Region, East Region

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What happens when the Sweet 16 is comprised entirely of storied powers? You get 16 teams all feeling the pressure to succeed. Ray Holloman takes an in-depth look at the expectations being heaped upon every team left in the Big Dance.

There is no room here for the little guy.

Were the Sweet 16 a country club, Tiger Woods might have to pull some strings to get a tee-time. Meanwhile Goliath might find himself picking splinters out of his warm-up-clad rear on any one of these rosters.

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Who's the Sweetest?

Posted: Mar 24th 2009 7:36PM by Ray Holloman (author feed)
Filed under: ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, C-USA, Pac-10, Midwest Region, West Region, South Region, East Region

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It's shaping up to to be one of the best Sweet 16s of all time with top-three seeds alive by the dozen. So who's heading back home in time for the weekend and whose moment will continue to be oh so shining? Find out as we rank the last 16 teams and explain why your favorite team is going to lose. We're 15/16 certain of it.

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