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WATCH: Louisiana flood victims give thanks to University of New Orleans

One of the most uplifting things I've seen this week has been what the University of New Orleans basketball program has done to help victims of the historic and deadly flooding that has ravaged Louisiana.

Many sports teams around the area are chipping in. But the U. of New Orleans hoops program doesn't often get national publicity. I've got no problem changing that here and now.

"They got here about 9 o'clock this morning, and all those big boys, they went to work," 80-year-old Elbert Norred says in the video below.

Norred and his wife, Ione, had their home take on about four feet of water.