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Forty names, games, teams and minutiae making news in men’s college basketball, where escalating tempers are a rite of late February:
KEEP THE HANDSHAKE LINE. TELL EVERYONE TO GROW UP.
The ridiculous display at the end of Michigan-Wisconsin (1) on Sunday will undoubtedly lead to another round of calls from some in the media to do away with the postgame handshake line. This is a misguided sentiment that lowers the bar for decorum and waves the white flag of surrender on sportsmanship.