"Anthony William "Billy" Packer" is a former American sportscaster and a published author. Packer spent more than three decades as a color analyst for television coverage of college basketball.

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The colleges are so close to each other, and the alumni all work with each other so closely. So if one guy gets too strong, they demand that the other one get moving. The competition level is tremendous. Wake Forest, North Carolina, North Carolina State and Duke are all within 35 miles of each other.

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I'd expect if they face each other it would be quite a basketball game.

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They went in a little down spell in 2000. So if history goes back to 2000, this is a scenario that does make sense. But the theory that is jumping on a brand new bandwagon, it's just not there.

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Let me take you back to 1979.

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If he misses, Kentucky can get that rebound and get a shot.

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They proved what they can do. So my opinion is useless. If every team had lost, does that mean those teams can't play? No.

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You've got to be kidding.

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Almost all coaches realize at the college level that it's an important part of the game. If you're not utilizing it at both ends of the floor, you're not going to be successful. It has probably been the greatest change as far as rules are concerned.

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He showed me some things, in terms of his ability to handle the ball. He came up big-time, like the kind of player that can take over a game. That surprised me.

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