RealClearSports: Games Are Best Even If Teams Aren't

By Art Spander
For RealClearSports.com

HOUSTON — An interesting theory put forth by the man from the Midwest: The team that wins the NCAA tournament won't be the best in college basketball. Well, then, who will be, all those schools eliminated along the way?

The refrain repeated so often has basketball ahead of college football, because in basketball a champion is determined the proper way, in competition.

Oh, we keep hearing, why can't football do the same thing, have a playoff?

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RealClearSports: Nothing Shocking About Newton Scandal

By Art Spander
For RealClearSports.com

A scandal in college sports? Impossible. We're shocked, shocked, to borrow from Inspector Renault in Casablanca. He was talking about illicit gambling, which in a way would put him in fine stead these days when dealing with undergraduate games.

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RealClearSports: NCAA's Verdict: USC Out of Control

By Art Spander
For RealClearSports.com

Maybe they should change the name of that USC offensive formation to "student body wrong.''

The place known as Tailback U is now "We Caught U.'' The NCAA has nothing against players accepting pitchouts but as proved once more it's greatly opposed to handouts, illegal ones, that is.

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RealClearSports: The Great Fight Ends for John Wooden

By Art Spander
For RealClearSports.com

The discipline is about to begin up in heaven. St. Peter will learn how to wear his socks and tie his shoes. Or else.

John Wooden's arrived, and if there's one thing John never could accept, it was ignoring fundamentals, whether dealing with the proper method of shooting free throws or the proper method of getting into one's footwear.

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RealClearSports: Butler Does Its Ugly Best

By Art Spander
For RealClearSports.com

INDIANAPOLIS -- The sense is something mystical is happening, something beyond all the rebounds, turnovers and missed shots -- and oh, were there missed shots.

The thought is everything is going so perfectly for Butler, the sporting gods have taken control of the college basketball season.

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