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People often ask Jim Crutchfield to describe his system, and he has nothing to show them. He does not possess any notes, he has never put anything on video, and the only time he spoke at a coaching clinic, it was because he was trying to angle for an exhibition against a nearby Division I team (a game that has yet to be scheduled, and may never be scheduled). Everything he knows about basketball is filed and collated between his graying temples. He is 57 years old, and until he became the head coach at a Division II college in rural West Virginia nine years ago, he was also in charge of the tennis team; he inherited a squad that went 4-23 the year before and graduated most of its starters, and somehow he's molded it into one of the most...
On Wednesday afternoon, the results of the magnetic resonance imaging test on the left knee of Kentucky center Nerlens Noel came back, and the news was not good. The night before, Noel was carried off the court after landing... more »
It all began 10 years ago, when the Big East was plundered by the ACC in a desperate — and futile — attempt to improve its football profile. Commissioner John Swofford and the ACC presidents initially lured Miami,... more »
KNOXVILLE — Tuesday night, Kentucky got demoralized. Saturday afternoon, Kentucky got demolished. Tuesday night, Kentucky lost its best player in Nerlens Noel. Saturday afternoon, Kentucky lost any hope that everything will be... more »
That Michigan State won it so convincingly was the obvious headline Tuesday night. The game was a riot of a rout for the Spartans, with the final 23-point margin — the largest in the series in more than a decade — barely... more »
The No. 2 Blue Devils did what they were expected to do at Cameron Indoor Stadium: They beat the unranked Tar Heels 73-68. But they did it in a way that was, perhaps, unexpected considering inconsistent UNC was coming off a big... more »
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