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Getting Somewhere

By Lindsay Berra

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Ten minutes before her team took the floor against LSU in last April's Final Four in Cleveland, Rutgers coach C. Vivian Stringer gave a stirring pep talk. "You have the opportunity to make your own bobbleheads," she said. "You're going to rock 'em. They're going to feel like dolls." As 10 stoic Scarlet Knights jogged onto the court at Quicken Loans Arena, one ball of energy bounced out of line. Point guard Matee Ajavon went faceup with a TV camera, jumping and spinning her head as she chanted, " ...

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