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Florida’s Erving Walker & His $301 Taco
Bruce Tenen
21 Apr 2012

Erving Walker steals taco and fined $301Point guard Erving Walker is the all-time leader in assists at Florida. He led the Gators to the NCAA West Regional Final last season, blowing a late lead against Louisville.

Walker had 37 steals for the season, but it was his 38th which earned all the headlines. 

On March 30 in Gainesville, Walker ordered a taco from a street vendor at 1 AM. For some reason, he then fled with the purloined taco, without paying the $3 charge. He was subsequently apprehended by the police after a foot chase of several blocks. 

Walker was arrested and charged with retail theft and resisting an officer without violence. He admitted to stealing the taco, but told police he was" just playing around." Apparently, the Gainesville police did not think it was very funny.

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Calipari Versus Pitino In The Final Four: Part II
Ryan Rapoport
30 Mar 2012

Calipari Versus Pitino In The Final Four: Part II Saturday, the top seeded team in the country, Kentucky, plays #4 seed Louisville, in the first National Semifinal game. The biggest matchup amongst these two teams involves the rivalry between coaches John Calipari and Rick Pitino.

Both men have taken three different schools to the Final Four and this will be the second time that these coaches have met in a Final Four game. In 1996, Pitino, who was ironically coaching Kentucky at the time, beat Calipari, who was on the UMass sidelines.

Kentucky would go on to beat Syracuse, giving Pitino his one and only NCAA championship.

2012 NCAA Tournament
John Calipari
Rick Pitino
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NCAA Tournament Quiz Time
Bruce Tenen
28 Mar 2012

Larry Brown only coach to win NCAA and NBA titleWho is the only coach to win an NCAA championship and NBA title?

 

A. Bill Fitch

B. Larry Brown

C. Rick Pitino

D. Gregg Popovich

 

Here's a hint, it's not someone coaching this weekend in New Orleans.

Did you say Larry Brown, who won the NCAA championship in 1988 with the Kansas Jayhawks and the NBA crown in 2004 with the Detroit Pistons?

You are correct sir. 

2012 NCAA Tournament
Larry Brown
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Kansas & Ohio State Bring Some Tradition To New Orleans
Ryan Rapoport
28 Mar 2012

Kansas 2008 NCAA Title, Ohio State 1960 NCAA TitleSaturday, #2 seeds Kansas and Ohio State play each other in the late game of the National Semifinals at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. Both schools are in very familiar territory, as this will be Kansas' fourteenth Final Four appearance. Ohio State, who is much more known as a football school, is remarkably making their eleventh trip to the Final Four.

Coaches Bill Self and Thad Matta will each be making their second appearances in the event.

Ohio State is looking to win their second NCAA Championship and first since 1960, while Kansas is hoping for their fourth championship.

2012 NCAA Tournament
Kansas Jayhawks
Ohio State Buckeyes Basketball
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Kentucky Outdoes Neighboring Ohio In Making NCAA History
Jon Rapoport
26 Mar 2012

Kentucky Outdoes Neighboring Ohio In Making NCAA HistoryOhio initially appeared to be the place that represented itself the strongest in the 2012 NCAA Tournament, after the Buckeye State became the very first state to ever produce four Sweet Sixteen teams (Ohio State, Cincinnati, Xavier & Ohio U).  While three of these four schools went down in defeat over the weekend, the lion’s share of college hoops fans in the state are still on top of the world, as Thad Matta’s Ohio State team will be heading to New Orleans, after defeating Syracuse during Saturday’s East Regional Final in Boston.

The state of Ohio has a lot to brag about at the present time, but nothing even close to what the folks across the border in Kentucky are currently experiencing.

2012 NCAA Tournament
Kentucky Wildcats
Louisville Cardinals
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