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NEW YORK -- All of Madison Square Garden knew who would get the ball when West Virginia inbounded the ball with 3.7 seconds left and its Big East quarterfinal game against Cincinnati tied at 51. Da'Sean Butler knew who would be guarding him once he got said ball because his defender, Cincinnati's Lance Stephenson, told him as much right before the start of the play.

This spring, SI.com's writers will be filing postcards from all 30 camps. To read all the postcards, click here.

One year ago today, Charles Lewis died.

It's one of those things that must have seemed like a great idea at the time. Fedor Emelianenko, the world's best heavyweight fighter, had suddenly become a free agent. All Strikeforce needed to do to snare him was agree to a shadowy co-promotional deal with his cronies at M-1 Global, which meant -- what? -- maybe a couple of their logos get stuck on the cage where paying sponsors had been before, or their executives get up at the press conference and give short speeches that no one pays much attention to. That's not so bad, especially not if in return you get one of the baddest, yet most elusive men on the planet.

NEW YORK -- As a Syracuse player, Gerry McNamara won a national championship and two Big East tournament titles. As he points out, they didn't happen in the same year.

The irony is once upon a time we were all so taken with Ben Roethlisberger's maturity level. Remember when he first took the field as a Pittsburgh Steelers rookie in 2004 and made everything look so easy, almost effortless? It was as if he had been there and done that, even though we knew he hadn't. For an NFL novice, Big Ben seemed years ahead of the curve in the process of winning his first 14 starts that season, setting an almost-impossible-to-beat new standard for rookie quarterback success stories.

As the draft class of 2003 prepares to spin the free-agent wheel of fortune this summer, Darko Milicic is preparing to collect his winnings and go home ... literally.

The NHL is the Toyota of sports entities.

The Big East got off to an inauspicious start in 2009 -- and things didn't end much better.

Sporting News: Syracuse, Pitt and Villanova spent two months establishing superiority and two days waiting to play their first games in the Big East tournament. Two sessions later, they all were eliminated after a wild Thursday at Madison Square Garden.

Da’Sean Butler took an inbounds pass and banked in a 3-pointer from the head of the key at the buzzer to give No. 7 West Virginia a 54-51 victory over Cincinnati on Thursday night in the quarterfinals of the Big East tournament.

Tiger Woods is likely to play his first tournament since the sex scandal broke in November at Augusta National in April, two people with knowledge of his plans have told The Associated Press.

Vince Carter had 23 points to help the Orlando Magic pull away early and cruise past the injured Chicago Bulls, 111-82 on Thursday night for a season-high seventh straight win.

Luke Harangody came off the bench and hit three key free throws in the final two minutes, helping the Fighting Irish hold off No. 16 Pittsburgh 50-45 in the Big East tournament quarterfinals Thursday night for their season-best sixth straight victory.

Chris Wright scored 27 points and No. 22 Georgetown sailed past No. 3 Syracuse with an impressive second-half surge, beating the top-seeded Orange 91-84 in the Big East tournament quarterfinals Thursday.

Lazar Hayward gave Marquette the lead for good with a 3-pointer with 1:51 to play, then added the clinching free throws with 3.2 seconds left, and the Golden Eagles went on to another close win, 80-76 over No. 10 Villanova on Thursday in the Big East tournament quarterfinals.

Derrick Favors had 18 points and nine rebounds to help Georgia Tech hold off North Carolina 62-58 in the first round of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament Thursday night.

LaDainian Tomlinson has left the Minnesota Vikings facility without a deal in place and is on his way to New York to visit the Jets.

Suspected gang member Willie Clark was found guilty of murder Thursday in the drive-by shooting death of Denver Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams after a New Year’s Eve outing three years ago.