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  • Houston moves into Sweet 16 for first time in 35 years

    03/25/2019 3:29:24 AM PDT · by C19fan · 7 replies
    AP ^ | March 25, 2019 | Cliff Brunt
    Houston's fans chanted "Sweet 16" in the final minute of the Cougars' NCAA Tournament win over Ohio State. The celebration was long overdue -- it's been 35 years since the Cougars have made this trip. "I saw a lot of proud Cougars up there behind us tonight," Houston coach Kelvin Sampson said, "and the ones I was happiest for were the guys that's been supporting this program since those days."
  • UNC's McCants: 'Just show up, play' (Corrupt Tarheel B'Ball)

    06/06/2014 7:30:36 AM PDT · by C19fan · 13 replies
    ESPN ^ | June 6, 2015 | Steve Delsohn
    Rashad McCants, the second-leading scorer on the North Carolina basketball team that won the 2004-05 national title, told ESPN's "Outside the Lines" that tutors wrote his term papers, he rarely went to class for about half his time at UNC, and he remained able to play largely because he took bogus classes designed to keep athletes academically eligible. McCants told "Outside the Lines" that he could have been academically ineligible to play during the championship season had he not been provided the assistance. Further, he said head basketball coach Roy Williams knew about the "paper-class" system at UNC. The so-called...