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...