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How Obnoxious is this Article in SI?
From: RCL46
Date: 11 Nov 2004 - 02:07 PM EST
Date: 11 Nov 2004 - 02:07 PM EST
Least Rootable Teams
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(http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/sioncampus/11/10/least_rootable1111/#)
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(http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/sioncampus/11/10/least_rootable1111/#)
By Matthew Waxman
Cincinnati Bearcats head coach Bob Huggins
Al Tielemans/SI
1. CINCINNATI
Every year without fail the Bearcats trot out a police, er, starting lineup
stocked with juco transfers and miscreants. Cin City ballers have been
charged with every crime in the book -- and some that aren't: Donald Little was
kicked off the team in April 2002 for taping his roommate to a lawn chair,
throwing weights at his head, clubbing him with a whiskey bottle and burning him
with a heated coat hanger. Only then did Little stab him. The warden of this
outfit? Coach Bob Huggins. Yes, Huggy Bear has taken Cincy to 12 straight NCAA
tournaments; the problem is that student-athlete is not the preferred term
for describing the players who have gotten the Bearcats there. Huggins's 1996
comment "Our guys have done a good job educationally" rivals any of Baghdad
Bob's assertions. The team's graduation rate, according to the latest NCAA
figures, is 25%. But it was Coach Bob's performance during his DUI arrest in
June that cemented his Most Vile status: When Huggins staggered from his Lexus,
the officer spotted vomit on the inside of the car door. At least the puke
matched Huggins's sweater.
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