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The TEN

(“The TEN” is not a top ten but ten items worth being included in “The TEN”)

1—“Damn we got a Lakers insider here.”—MVS commentator, The Watcher

2—On this day in 1975, UCLA’s John Wooden coached and won his last game, 92-85 over Kentucky, for his tenth NCAA title. In the 51 years since, the Bruins have won one men’s title. (See Jim Harrick-1995. Note: In November, 1996—Harrick was fired for buying Cameron Dollar and Charles O’Bannon dinner.)

3—LeBron James & Austin Reaves combined for 40 points and 21 assists to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to a 120-101 victory over the Washington Wizards on Monday night. Playing without the suspended Luca Doncic, the Lakers improved to 49-26, and have won 15 of their 17 games.

4— “I mean, I know what he’s striving for. We’ll just see where it goes from there.”—Chiefs HC Andy Reid on Patrick Mahomes’ recovery timeline.

5—“The secret is to work less as individuals and more as a team. As a coach I play not my eleven best, but my best eleven.” Knute Rockne

6—“The fastest way to expose yourself as a casual? Call (Jon) Scheyer a choker. Coach K- 6 yrs, Bill Self-15 yrs, Roy Williams-17 yrs, John Wooden- 16 yrs, Jay Wright- 22 yrs, Tom Izzo- 17yrs, John Calipari-20 yrs, John Thompson-12 yrs.”—Duke Alum/ESPN Analyst, Jay Williams on the time it took legendary HCs to win an NCAA title.

7—On this day in 1931 legendary football player and coach Knute Rockne died in a plane crash in Kansas at the age of 43.

8—“Surely there’s somebody in Jaden Ivey’s life who can get him some help. No family members or his agent or lawyer can get him off social media and into a place he can work through these issues?”—Jason McIntyre on Ivey, who was released by the Chicago Bulls for saying the LGBTQ/Pride Month was unrighteous.

9—The Dodgers lost their first game of season on Monday night to Cleveland, 4-2.

10—”We don’t become you. You become us.”—Purdue Basketball HC, Matt Painter.