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Don't blame Huggins

By Jason Whitlock
Special to Page 2

Thursday, August 25, 2005

Nancy Zimpher, president of the University of Cincinnati, will be hailed in some circles and assailed in others for the bold stance she took with her basketball program. She basically fired Bob Huggins for recruiting too many poor, academically and socially underprepared black kids. She called off the whole, tired charade. I offer her praise. I respect her honesty. She's uninterested in playing statistical games about who did and who didn't graduate. She's unimpressed with Huggins' charitable ...

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