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Ten tips for tipoff

By Melanie Jackson
ESPN.com

Sunday, November 14, 1999

What a weekend. No. 2 Tennessee went down. So did No. 3 Rutgers. And No. 5 Georgia nearly lost, too. Top-ranked Connecticut is probably glad it had a bye. Even though the season really tipped off Sunday, hundreds of teams haven't had their first game yet, so here are 10 things you should know and look for as the 1999-2000 season gets under way: 1. No business like Snow business: Last March at the Final Four, Duke's Michele VanGorp delighted fans at an open practice session with a two-handed du ...

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