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POY/COY. Congratulations to Naz Hillmon, the Big Ten's women's basketball player of the year. Hillmon averaged 25 and 11 while shooting 65% from the floor. That'll do. Congratulations are also in order for Juwan Howard, the Sporting News MBB coach of the year.

Yes I will link a retrospective of Trey Burke stealing the ball from Keith Appling. This is a thing I will do:

“As soon as we turned the ball over, I started thinking of ways to get the ball back, like, ‘we’ve gotta get the ball back, or they’re gonna hold for the last shot,’ ” Burke told the Daily in a phone interview this week. “My mind automatically went to getting the steal.”

Matched up against Keith Appling, the Spartans’ star guard, Burke knew what to look for. Appling dribbled the ball up past half-court and turned his head towards Michigan State coach Tom Izzo. As Appling asked for a play call, his right hand was exposed. Despite the Spartans being in the double-bonus, Burke went for the steal.

“I had gotten it on a few other guards that year, but Keith Appling usually wouldn’t leave the ball there,” Burke said. “He usually would spin with the ball in the right hand, with his outside hand, so you can’t get it.”

It's Duncan Robinson content Tuesday. First, a preview of his interview with one half of Men In Blazers cites one DFW:

Inspired by the words of David Foster Wallace, Duncan Robinson explains to Rog how he acts as a "conscious participant" in his own life, on and off the court.

The @MiamiHEAT player joins us this WEDNESDAY. @D_Bo20 is proper @ManCityUS. Airs 3:30 pm ET on NBCSN @NBCSportsSoccer. pic.twitter.com/BEFhsaZLoq

— Men in Blazers (@MenInBlazers) March 8, 2021

I was initially surprised by this and then created a mental list of athletes most likely to cite David Foster Wallace. "Guy who went to Williams" for a year topped it.

Second, how Robinson went from the G-League to an NBA record-setter:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tOjr9OJxQI

He also tops the most unlikely pro star list.

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Odd time, but you might work from home. WBB takes on Ohio State in mere minutes on BTN in a duel of ranked teams. Refresh your knowledge with Ace's WBB weekly. Hockey starts at 6:30 on NBC Sports streaming. Check it out if you want to be further enraged about BTN+!

Great googly moogly. When track goes viral this is the way it goes viral:

MUST WATCH FROM OVER THE WEEKEND:

Down by four seconds heading into the 4x400 relay anchor leg, @UMichTrack's Ziyah Holman blasts a 51.79 split to bring the Wolverines all the way back for the win.#GoBlue 〽️ pic.twitter.com/hMYo5C76bH

— Michigan Athletics 〽️ (@UMichAthletics) January 18, 2021

That was Holman's first meet. She did not go viral for winning the 600-meter race by over four seconds. The Olympics are a strong possibility.

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