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If you are a parent in Texas, be careful. You may become a criminal if you miss a parent-teacher meeting. Free country?

Last night [tag]Kevin Durant[/tag] set yet another record at Texas with his 14th double-double of the season. The previous mark was held by Ron Baxter, who had 13 in 1976-77.

Durant actually start off a little slow, with only 12 points in the first half, but he made up for it scoring 12 points in the first few minutes of the second half. Unfortunately though, Durant’s performance was not enough, as the Longhorns struggled to play anything that resembled defense. And missing those crucial front-ends of 1-1s towards the end of the game was killer.

Texas has a long way to go if they want to make a serious run in the NCAA tournament. The good news is that I think they have a shot, since they have been showing signs of improvement throughout the season.

Yesterday at the Super Bowl, Vince Young found out he was voted the Diet Pepsi Rookie of the Year.

On the heels of winning the Diet Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Year award at the Super Bowl, [tag]Vince Young[/tag] has just been named to his first Pro Bowl (as a Rookie!), replacing Philip Rivers who could not go because of an injury.

Actually, VY was the second alternate behind Tom Brady, who probably withdrew because he was mad he wasn’t selected initially. As a player, you probably don’t want to go as an alternate, but I see this as only the first of many Pro Bowls to come for Vince Young.

So congrats to VY on a great season and getting rewarded for it. He deserves it.

I know you have been eagerly waiting our expert opinions (yeah right) on who will win and who will cover in Super Bowl XLI.

I think this is actually a pretty interesting match-up, with Peyton’s offense going up against the great Bear’s defense. I think for the Bear’s to win they need to jump out to a fast start. With their offense, I really don’t see them being able to come back against the Colts. The Colts have proven they can recover from a slow start with their win against the Patriots, where they were down by 18 in the first half.

I see a close game in the first half with the Colts pulling away in the end. Feel free to add your own predictions.

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I guess this is pretty old, but it is still a pretty good interview. Interesting that in the video they say Durant decided on going to Texas even before going to Montrose Christian. I don’t know though, the way they were talking, I bet if the NBA didn’t have the new age limit rule Durant would be playing with TJ Ford in Toronto right now.

Bob Knight shows his softer side, giving Rick Barnes framed strategy notes from his record breaking 880th win against New Mexico.

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Man, this ESPN guy sure gets a kick out of this. It’s not often you see a sportscaster laugh at an athlete that hard.

Wouldn’t mind seeing them do this when we play them on March 3rd.

Vasher’s mom has to prepare for the Super Bowl too. Man, I had no idea, hopefully she can watch the game ok.

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This is one of the funnier clips I have seen of [tag]Bob Knight[/tag]. Apparently he thinks [tag]Kevin Durant[/tag] is a good player.. My favorite part:

“There’s no secret. There’s no secret thing he drinks before the game. There’s no secret thing he rubs on his ***.”

Is it just me or does this remind you of the Dennis Green blowup after the Cardinals lost to the Bears. “They are who we though they are!”. You can almost hear Bob Knight saying, “Durant is who we thought he is!” Haha.

So this brings up the question. Just how good is Kevin Durant? We will let you decide. Vote for who you think the best player in college basketball is right now. You can vote below or in the sidebar to the right.

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