Sometimes it’s interesting to look back at a relatively normal situation from the past through the lens of today. I covered the NCAA men’s basketball regionals in 2009 in Minneapolis, and one of the teams I watched was USC. The Trojans would beat Boston College 72-55, then lose to eventual tourney runner-up Michigan State 74-69. On that USC team were junior Taj Gibson, freshman DeMar DeRozan and junior Daniel Hackett. All would enter the 2009 NBA draft, but only Gibson (Bulls, 26th pick) and DeRozan (Raptors, ninth pick) would be chosen. Hackett would move to Italy and play in the …
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