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What you'll see isn't what teams will be in March

By Andy Katz
ESPN.com

Thursday, November 14, 2002

NEW YORK -- Eight teams will tip off the 2002-03 season Thursday and Friday in the AT&T Wireless Classic. But only Texas will walk away with a realistic gauge of where it stands. Win or lose. The other seven teams aren't complete. Each is either dealing with eligibility or injury issues -- or both. Alabama will be missing the most Thursday night when it opens against ESPN.com's preseason No. 1 team Oklahoma (ESPN2, 9 ET). Starting freshman forward Kennedy Winston is still ineligible while Alab ...

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