Panache (puh- nash): a grand or flamboyant manner; verve; style; flair.
It is a noun rarely used in the sports vernacular, more usually found when some fashion guru with a purple pen is describing the John Varvatos spring men's clothing collection.
But, ever the rebel, with a mind still a bit hazy from overdoing it in the 70s, I won't back down. Since it's the word that came to mind as Mangok Mathiang displayed any number of moves around the hoop in a cruise control 90-67 U of L W on Saturday afternoon in Chestnut Hill.