By Curry Kirkpatrick
ESPN The Magazine

Thursday, January 13, 2000

There are times when Mark Madsen hunkers down on the block, grunting, straining, seeking out contact, practically foaming at his mad-dog mouth, so focused on using that massive beef slab he calls a body to out-pound, out-hold, out-position and flat-out out-macho his opponent that he loses sight of the big picture. Like the ball. Or the basket. Or the eight other uniforms whirling around. "I have to remind him," says Stanford coach Mike Montgomery, "'Hey, Mark, there's a basketball game going on ...

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