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Give Oden the damn ball!

By Tim Keown
Page 2

Tuesday, April 3, 2007

It's so much easier to coach the next day, when the outcome is decided and there's no pressure. It's even easier when you don't know the personalities of the team -- which guys see the national championship game as a chance to further their own cause, which guys see the big stage as the ticket to future endorsements. Any coach will tell you: You never know what goes through the mind of a 20-year-old who's been told how great he is since forever. Because that's who plays in the college basketbal ...

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