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College Basketball Musings And Notes: December 8th

 
  Welcome to this week's edition of "Musings and Notes." It's being published a day late because I spent the weekend preparing for my last ever exams as an undergraduate student. Just a few more months of school, and then it's time to find a real job. With that in mind, I'd like to wish those students who are browsing this column the very best of luck on their exams. Remember, we're very close to a nice, long vacation.   Random thoughts after last week's games *The highlight of the week for me, by far, was the commentary team for the Michigan State-Bradley game. Jim Jackson kept mispronouncing Marquise Gray’s name (It’s KWEESE, not KEESE), and his partner kept getting angrier and angrier. Every time Jackson would mispronounce it, you’d hear a pronounced “MarKWEESE” from the other microphone. It was pretty entertaining. But you know, for somebody who’s such a stickler for pronunciation, you’d think he’d be able to get Delvon Roe’s ... (link)

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