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IT'S NOY ABOUT WHO WE WANT TO WIN ... BUT WHO WE DON'T

If they’re right (whoever  they  are) … and sports mirrors every  day life … then it makes sense … to suggest we won’t have a  rooting favorite to win the NCAA men’s basketball tournament  that gets under way Tuesday (March 19). No, it will be more  about who we hope doesn’t win … And, the list is long, starting  with  DAN HURLEY  (Connecticut) … and including  JOHN  CALIPARI  (Kentucky),  KELVIN SAMPSON (Houston),   WILL WADE  (McNeese State) … among others ... all slugs,  con-artists, bad guys … most of them proven cheaters who  keep getting jobs because – all together – THEY WIN …  You’ll notice we didn’t say they were “winners.”... At least   RICK PITINO  (St. Johns, N.Y.) didn’t make the field this  time, a clear and unmistakable plus. Likewise  PENNY  HARDAWAY  (Memphis). I never was a fan – to put it mildly – of  LEFTY DRIESELL ,  who I felt was a prim...