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TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 2013
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"As I stated earlier, we have no intent to trade. I think everybody understands what kind of player Percy Harvin is. He's a dynamic player, not only on offense (and) the things that he can do with different positions but also what he brings us as a kickoff returner."
Vikings general manager Rick Spielman on whether the Vikings were thinking about trading Percy Harvin.
Before the Big South tournament, Liberty was the 299th ranked team in the RP1 out of 345 Division I men's basketball teams.
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Q. Before this season, when was Indiana's last outright Big Ten basketball championship?
A: The 1992-93 season.
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THE MORNING BREW Last week exciting for NCAA, NFL athletes
15-20 LIBERTY MAKES NCAA
TOURNAMENT
The Liberty Flames became just the second 20-loss team to earn an NCAA Tournament berth on Sunday after the school defeated Charleston Southern 87-76 to win the Big South Conference title. This game is evidence of the excitement that conference tournaments provide.
The importance of conference tournaments is questioned at schools like Kansas and Kentucky, where conference championships are the norm, but seeing a team like Liberty earn an NCAA Tournament berth is a great story. The Flames' .429 winning percentage is the lowest for an NCAA tournament team since Oakland had a 12-18 record in 2005. Liberty probably won't win a game in the NCAA tournament, but it's every player's dream to play in this marquee event, and now they have a chance to fulfill it. It trying the Liberty players that conference tournaments aren't important.
HARVIN TRADED TO SEATTLE
Percy Harvin is finally out of Minnesota after a tumultuous 2012 season that saw him fight with head coach Leslie Frazier and complain about his contract. I'm glad to see that the Vikings got what they deserved for trading Harvin to the Seahawks. The 25th overall pick in the draft can be used on a receiver to help replace Harvin or fill one of the Vikings' other needs. Yes, Harvin is one of the most explosive players in the NFL when healthy, but his constant whining and bickering
was a constant distraction for the Vikings organization.
In a perfect world, I would want Harvin to still play for the Minnesota Vikings, but it's clear over the last couple years that this dysfunctional relationship between player and organization wasn't going to improve. With that being said, if the Vikings are unable to draft/sign some wide receivers this offseason, the trade of Percy Harvin could come back to bite them.
INDIANA IS THE FAVORITE GOING INTO
MARCH MADNESS
Yes, Indiana has lost three games this season when it had been the No. 1 team in the country, and no team has won a national championship under these circumstances. I believe that fun fact will be extinct after this season because Indiana is the favorite going into the 2013 NCAA Tournament. Indiana went into the Crisler Center on Sunday and defeated Michigan 71-70, which is one of the best wins of the season.
I know that Indiana has lost some games it shouldn't have this season, but playing in a conference like the big 10 is going to lead to some unexpected losses. The Hoosiers have all the pieces to make a national title run: a steady point guard in Yogi Ferrell, a sharpshooter in Jordan Hulls, an extraordinary athlete and player in Victor Oladipo and one of the best big men in the country in Cody Zeller. When they are on their game, no one can match up with the Hoosiers, and barring a major upset in the NCAA Tournament, I expect Indiana to cut down the nets at the Georgia Dome.
— Edited by Paige Lytle
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CBS cuts short airtime in tournament game
ST. LOUIS — The commissioner of the Missouri Valley Conference says he would rather have the tournament title game televised on the Food Network if CBS can't guarantee it will televise the entire game nationally.
Doug Elgin told The Associated Press on Monday that central and northern Illinois and all of Indiana didn't see the conclusion of Creighton's 68-65 nail-biter over Wichita State. Wichita State shaved a 13-point deficit to one in the final minute and Malcolm Armstead missed a potential tying 3-pointer just before the buzzer Sunday.
"They'll never be able to make this conference up to us," said Elgin, adding the conference had received "hundreds" of complaints from irate fans. "Our concern is our most important game of the year carries nationally — all of it. That's certainly what we bargained for."
CBS switched some viewers to the start of Indiana's victory at Michigan for the Big Ten title. The 10-team Missouri Valley has four schools in the areas that missed the finish of the championship game — Bradley, Illinois State, Indiana State and Evansville.
CBS officials did not immediately return a message Monday. The network acquired the rights to the title game through ESPN.
Elgin said the finish of last year's title game, Creighton's overtime victory over Illinois State, was pre-empted in certain markets, too. Discussions with CSB since Sunday's game have not been satisfying for Elgin, who called the decision "inexcusable" and a "bitter pill to swallow" for the conference.
"I've vented a lot on this, maybe to excess," Elgin said, referring to his Food Network crack. "I do think we want to continue to have discussions on this and make sure our jewel is protected."
Creighton returned to the rankings at No. 23 and had an impressive RPI ranking of 25 after winning the conference tournament
for the second straight year and earning an automatic NCAA tournament berth. Wichita State was ranked earlier in the season and had an RPI of 39 and could get an at-large NCAA tournament bid.
The Valley televises every regular-season game on Fox Sports Midwest and via the Internet on ESPN3.
Elgin had little to say about rumors Creighton might want to leave the Valley to join the so-called "Catholic Seven" in a reformed Big East. He added the Valley won't be caught in the lurch.
"We respect the right of any institution to determine its own destiny," Elgin said.
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Creighton's players start to celebrate as a last-second shot from Wichita State bounces away from the rim in the second half of the tournament title game.
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