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It was rolling along as most conference calls with Billy Packer do -- ask a question, brace for a lot of listening. Then, Packer was asked about a report that this weekend's Final Four, the 34th of his career, might be his last.
His voice belongs to then and now, an audio clip that carries us back to a bygone era even as it keeps us up-to-the-minute updated.
The NCAA tournament record book will forever read that UCLA qualified for three consecutive regional finals from 2006 to 2008, the first time that has happened since John Wooden's reign.
College basketball viewing options for this weekend were scrambled Thursday when USC's O.J. Mayo showed up at Omaha's Qwest Center and uncovered new meaning to his personal concept of one-and-done.
The Dodgers and the San Diego Padres play a historic two-game series in Beijing, the Lakers and the Houston Rockets meet in a matchup of new-look NBA Western Conference elite and dozens of college basketball teams continue the buzzer-beating winnowing process to claim conference tournament championships across the land.
First there was the bombshell news announcement, followed by around-the-clock reaction and reflection, followed by Thursday's emotional news conference in Green Bay, Wis.