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It was a bad week for starting point guards on ranked teams. This school suspended its starting PG Tyshawn Taylor indefinitely for an undisclosed violation of team rules:
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Pittsburgh
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Kansas
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Notre Dame
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Purdue
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When starting point guard Chris Wright broke his non-shooting hand in a game during the week, the air went out of this school's season:
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Georgetown
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Arizona
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Wisconsin
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Florida
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The revolving door at the #1 ranking in college basketball continues as Duke fell at the hands of this ACC rival:
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North Carolina
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Virginia
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Virginia Tech
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Clemson
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Meanwhile, the carnage among top-ranked teams continued as number 5 Texas ventured into ___________ and came away with a conference loss:
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Norman
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Boulder
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Ames
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Waco
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We don't pay enough attention to basketball played out west, but we were smart enough to tune into Saturday's Top 10 matchup between BYU and San Diego State. What was the outcome?
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BYU won at home
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SDSU won at home
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BYU won on the road
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SDSU won on the road
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Down goes Occidental! Down goes Occidental! The Tigers' 46-45 loss to this school during the week ended a 310-game conference losing streak:
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San Jose State
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UC Santa Barbara
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Cal Tech
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Pepperdine
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This rather unheralded player turned in one of the signature performances of the season, racking up 52 points in a losing effort this week:
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Marshon Brooks
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Charles Jenkins
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Donald Sims
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JaJuan Johnson
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This Week in Violations, Part I: Which Big East coach will have to have to sit for three games next season as a result of recruiting violations?
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Rick Pitino
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Jim Boeheim
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Jim Calhoun
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John Thompson III
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This Week in Violations, Part II: Meanwhile, The Man has accused both football and men's basketball at this big-time sports school with wrongdoing:
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Tennessee
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Texas
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Kansas State
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Stanford
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St. Louis failed to reach accord with Albert Pujols this week. This MLB figure gave his two cents worth, calling the $30 million per year Pujols is seeking "asinine".
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Cardinals skipper Tony LaRussa
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MLB commissioner Bud Selig
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Red Sox GM Theo Epstein
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White Sox GM Ken Williams
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Although he didn't mention him by name, Hank Steinbrenner took a shot at Derek Jeter by saying "some Yankees" were too busy doing this after winning the 2009 World Series to focus on a repeat:
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counting their millions
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hanging out with Charlie Sheen
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sleeping around
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building mansions
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, Carmelo Anthony to the Knicks. Big whoop. Quick, name the third team involved in the deal between Denver and New York:
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Golden State
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Minnesota
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Charlotte
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Houston
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We had to double and triple check the 'Melo deal to make sure that we weren't traded. Of the approximately 92 players involved in the deal, who didn't go anywhere?
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Nene
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Wilson Chandler
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Chauncey Billups
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Danilo Galinari
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After sorting out the Carmelo Anthony trade, Denver beat the Grizzlies despite only suiting up this many players for that game:
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7
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8
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9
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10
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The face of the Utah Jazz has changed dramatically in the last few weeks. First, long-time coach Jerry Sloan retired. This week, the franchise traded Deron Williams, its most visible star, to this East coast team:
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Philadelphia
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Charlotte
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Washington
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New Jersey
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Meanwhile, ___________ and a first round pick were traded to the Cavs for Mo Williams and Jamario Moon:
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Jeff Green
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Derek Fisher
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Baron Davis
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OJ Mayo
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John Elway tweeted this week that the Broncos have agreed to a contract extension for this gentleman:
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Tim Tebow
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Champ Bailey
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Kyle Orton
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Brandon Lloyd
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Meanwhile, this high-ish profile tight end was kicked to the curb by his team:
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Jeremy Shockey
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Vernon Davis
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Todd Heap
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Greg Olsen
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Fans of this MLB hurler and his team were dealt a blow this week as the pitcher injured his arm and will have to go undergo Tommy John surgery:
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Adam Wainwright
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Josh Beckett
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Ubaldo Jimenez
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Javier Lopez
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Meanwhile, this player on a rival team thoroughly denied that he was making fun of the injury, when we was caught apparently singing about it:
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Buster Posey
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Jimmy Rollins
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Hanley Ramirez
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Jonny Gomes
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Five players from this team skipped a morning practice in protest of their head coach:
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Cavaliers
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Pistons
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Warriors
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Raptors
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Tiger Woods, who we should probably stop caring about so much, was upset in the first round of the WGC Match Play Championship this week by which 16th seed player?
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Ian Poulter
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Thomas Bjorn
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Henrik Stenson
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Ryan Moore
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OPJ pours one out for Hall of Famer Duke Snider, who was most closely associated with this franchise:
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Dodgers
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Giants
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Yankees
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Red Sox
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This NASCAR driver ended a long winless skid at Sunday's Sprint Cup race in Phoenix:
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Jimmie Johnson
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Ryan Harvick
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Jeff Gordon
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Carl Edwards
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If you watched the Oscars (and if you did, take our quiz!), you missed this team knocking off the Miami Heat, which is obviously better than any awards ceremony:
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Lakers
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Celtics
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Bulls
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Knicks
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