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HEY EVERYONE WELCOME INTO SPORTS… WELL JUST A FEW HOURS AGO… TUBBY SMITH’S MINNESOTA TEAM LOST IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE NC-DOUBLE A TOURNAMENT TO XAVIER… BUT WILL THAT BE HIS LAST GAME WITH THE GOPHERS?... ACCORDING TO CBS SPORTS… SMITH IS CLOSE TO BECOMING THE NEXT HEAD COACH AT AUBURN… NOW IN HIS POST-GAME NEWS CONFERENCE HE CALLED THOSE RUMORS QUOTE… JUST TALK… BUT DIDN’T REJECT THEM EITHER... THE TIGERS ARE REPORTEDLY WILLING TO MAKE THEIR NEXT HEAD COACH ONE OF THE HIGHEST PAID… IN THE S-E-C… ///

AND TUBBY SMITH WOULD CERTAINLY BE A BIG TIME NAME… MEANWHILE… THE MAN WHO WAS FIRED ON THE PLAINS… JEFF LEBO… IS REPORTEDLY THE TOP CANDIDATE FOR THE OPENING AT EAST CAROLINA… ACCORDING TO W-N-C-T IN GREENVILLE… LEBO WAS ON CAMPUS THURSDAY… AND IS IN THE LEAD IN THAT COACHING SEARCH… LEBO HAS TIES TO THE PIRATES’ ATHLETIC DIRECTOR… TERRY HOLLAND… ///

AS FOR THE ACTUAL TOURNAMENT ITSELF… NO S-E-C TEAMS WERE IN ACTION TODAY BUT THEY WILL BE TOMORROW… NUMBER SIX TENNESSEE WILL TIP OFF WITH A SURPRISING OPPONENT… NUMBER 14 OHIO AT TWO-35… THE ONLY OTHER REMAINING TEAM FROM THE CONFERENCE…. KENTUCKY… WILL PLAY WAKE FOREST AT SEVEN-15… ///

AND FINALLY… AS WE MENTIONED YESTERDAY… NICK SABAN THREW OUT THE FIRST PITCH AT AN ALABAMA BASEBALL GAME TODAY… I DON’T HAVE ANY WORD ON HOW HE DID… BUT I DO KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE FULL GAME STORY FOR YOU ON-LINE… IF YOU’RE INTERESTED IN THAT… IT’S ON OUR WEBSITE… A-B-C 32 DOT COM… ///

AND THAT DOES IT TONIGHT FOR SPORTS… I’M ADAM BAGNI… EVERYONE HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND AND I HOPE YOU JOIN ME AGAIN… ON MONDAY NIGHT… GUYS… ///