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The Secondary Break: Wednesday’s Links

Alabama Duke Basketball

Duke’s Jabari Parker (1) celebrates with Quinn Cook, right, after Cook hit a 3-point shot against Alabama during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in the semifinals of the NIT Season Tip-off tournament Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2013, in New York. Duke defeated Alabama 74-64. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

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From watching highlights to creating them, Duke’s Jabari Parker remains true to self (USA Today)
Despite being one of the nation’s best players, Duke freshman forward Jabari Parker has allowed the fame to change who he is. As a result the Blue Devils remain one of the favorites to win the ACC.

How Tad Boyle built Colorado into a Pac-12 contender (Sports Illustrated)
When he took over as the head coach at Colorado, Tad Boyle had a lot of work to do. The climb to respectability began while the school was a member of the Big 12, and since their move to the Pac-12 Colorado’s consistently factored into the conference race. That’s quite the achievement for a coach who began his career as a restricted earnings coach at Oregon.

The five most disappointing teams in college basketball thus far (The Dagger)
With this being finals weeks for many schools there have been a number of lists released by various websites. One such list is a compilation of the five most disappointing teams in college basketball, with two ACC programs leading the way.

Fab Four Freshmen: Metrics weigh in Andrew Wiggins’ favor (Sporting News)
Another popular list has been the weekly ranking of the nation’s top freshmen, and despite the hand-wringing that tends to take place when he’s on the floor Kansas freshman Andrew Wiggins has some numbers working in his favor to this point in the season. Among those numbers: a 116.2 offensive rating per kenpom.com that’s better than nay of the other newcomers listed.

The Scott Drew jokes never stop but they don’t really make any sense (CBS Sports)
On Friday night Baylor managed to defeat Kentucky, adding another solid win to the resume of head coach Scott Drew. But the run of success that Drew’s enjoyed at Baylor since taking over never seems to be enough for some, who insist that the Bears win in spite of their head coach. And that line of thinking doesn’t make much sense at all.

Q&A: Josh Bartelstein talks Michigan basketball through nine games (UM Hoops)
With Michigan having the week off to deal with finals and prepare for their game against No. 1 Arizona, former Michigan walk-on Josh Bartelstein offered his thoughts on the Wolverines’ season to date.

Mountain West basketball searches of signature victories (Albuquerque Journal)
Boise State’s loss at Kentucky represented another missed opportunity for the Mountain West, which finds itself searching for more marquee non-conference victories with the start of league play rapidly approaching. The next opportunity comes on Saturday, when New Mexico takes on Kansas in Kansas City.