Forty names, games, teams and minutiae making news in men’s college basketball, a place so bananas that Houston Baptist and McNeese State can combine for 293 points in four overtimes in a random Southland Conference game:
WHY IS A CIVIL HANDSHAKE SUDDENLY SO HARD?
First we had Juwan Howard (1) throwing hands in the handshake line after Michigan lost to Wisconsin two weeks ago. Now, we have Duke assistant coaches Chris Carrawell (2) and Nolan Smith (3) coldly bypassing North Carolina head coach Hubert Davis (4) Saturday in sweltering hot Cameron Indoor Stadium.