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Ashway: NCAA tourney's come a long way in 50 years
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The NCAA Basketball Tournament has come a long way in the past 50 years. When Loyola of Chicago beat Cincinnati, 60-58, to win the 1963 championship, it marked the first time that the majority of the players on the floor were black. “The unspoken rule then,” Loyola coach George Ireland told Sports Illustrated in 1987, “was two blacks at home, if you had to play them, and one on the road.
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Berg: Sugar Bowl win a good sign of future success for Georgia football
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Georgia wide receiver George Pickens (1) celebrates his touchdown reception in the Sugar Bowl against Baylor on Wednesday, Jan. 1 in New Orleans. - photo by Bill Feig
Following Wednesday's win over Baylor, the groaning and lamenting of an apparent “lost season” has started to die away, leaving Georgia faithful amped back up on the offseason drug of choice for all college football fans: hope.
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