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-- More from the "I can't believe Mike Krzyzewski is having success with a lineup of five All-Americans" meme. Had he not been accused of rape senior year, Shelden Williams would also have been honored by Mcdonalds. Giving the Blue Devils six All-Americans, one less than the rest of the ACC combined.

-- The key to slowing John Lucas? Zone Oklahoma State. Or so says a good friend of mine after examining Lucas's game-by-game performance. Baylor, Oklahoma, Syracuse and Texas all but shut down OSU's point guard while playing zone defense.

-- Andy Katz, Pat Forde and Fran Fraschilla are up with their five favorite places to watch a game. I'm shocked Assembly Hall made only Forde's list.

-- Sports Illustrated's Seth Davis gives some love to St. John's Daryll Hill. A big part of Norm's success at SJU to date. More significantly, the man who this year predicted Steve Alford would next season coach Indiana has identified Marquette's weakness. Tom Crean's club gave up 19 offensive rebounds to DePaul and 18 to Charlotte. And lost both games. More from Seth here, including the latest on Nolan Richardson's campaign for a head coaching gig.

-- Mark Schlabach of the Washington Post does some investigative reporting and learns Mike Davis is feeling the heat at Indiana. Sadly, fan heckling has gotten so bad that Davis is considering telling his wife, Tamilya, and son to stay away from Assembly Hall. But not for long, if Rick Alonzo has it right. The Minnesota beat writer and St. Paul (MN) Pioneer Press staff writer argues the Hoosiers have hit their stride after winning seven of their last eight. Will it be enough to vault Davis' club into the NCAA Tournament? Only if Bracey Wright and D.J. White continue to shine.

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Yoni, This is more commenting (none / 0)

Yoni, This is more commenting on the great venues link. Allen Fieldhouse was the biggest dissappointemtn of my life. Maybe it is because the fans were nervous the whole time that we were going to take down their Jayhawks, but the place sucked, it was old and smelly and the lights shut off for 90 minutes of our 2 hour practice there. Rupp Arena is huge and spetacular, they only hang up Final Four and Championship banners, and they have plenty of them. The RAC is simply put the best strictly college venue on the planet. It does not try and falsify itself as a huge NBA type arena, or some old nostalgice areana, it is just fan friendly not too big and loud as all get out. Gary Waters has all the ingrediants at that Arena to win games. If you get the Gators on a good night The O'Connell Center is a sure fire place to watch a game.

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by Anonymous Hero on Tue Jan 25, 2005 at 11:12:00 AM EST
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Im seconding the RAC..i (none / 0)

Im seconding the RAC..i went there when Rutgers was still in the A-10 and they were playing Rhode Island..iwas probably about 12 and i fell in love with the arena..the layout is unlike any other..behind one basket is about 15 rows and then you see the pavlion leading to out of the arena..its unique and holds the noise in..ive never been in arena that loud and i went to school at SU and have witnessed 30000 people screaming at Khalid El-Amin..much love for the Louis Brown Athletic Center..you'll always be the RAC..also big ups Yoni for linking me on your page..appreciate it..you da man!!..keep up the great work..

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by Anonymous Hero on Tue Jan 25, 2005 at 11:48:00 AM EST
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The Duke comment's slightly (none / 0)

The Duke comment's slightly off; they have more McDonald's All-Americans than the rest of the ACC combined with the exception of UNC (with five of their own: McCants, Felton, J. Williams, May and M. Williams). And Melchionni the walk-on? He was a honorable mention All-America, not just some bozo off the street.

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by Anonymous Hero on Tue Jan 25, 2005 at 02:30:00 PM EST
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Have to put in a good word for Hilton Coliseum at Iowa State; that place has been hell for visiting teams since the days of Johnny Orr. Great fans, great atmosphere. If the Cyclones were in the ACC, Hilton would be up there in national recognition with Cameron and (the late) Cole.

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by Anonymous Hero on Tue Jan 25, 2005 at 04:23:00 PM EST
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Seth is a real genius (none / 0)

Seth is a real genius to note that a team giving up nearly two dozen rebounds a game is in trouble. some of us noticed that when it first happened at Memphis (something that Seth missed, I guess)

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by Anonymous Hero on Wed Jan 26, 2005 at 01:53:00 AM EST
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I know it's not your main point, and I know it's mainly the lawyer (and Duke grad) in me talking, but it's probably worth noting that Shelden Williams was never charged with anything stemming from that accusation.

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by Anonymous Hero on Wed Jan 26, 2005 at 04:52:00 AM EST
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