Even the conference title was dampened, however, when Jordan Adams, whom Howland described as his team's best all-around player, was lost to a broken ankle in the Pac-12 tournament.
"Otto Porter, I hate to say this in some ways, but I was talking today before the game, I think he's the best all-around player I've seen in this league, " Boeheim said.
Oklahoma City in particular has several talented youngsters around franchise player Kevin Durant whose contracts expire over the next two years.
Details of an immersive video games display system that projects images of the title's environment around a player's room have been revealed in a US patent belonging to Microsoft.
Once qualified, both coaches understood that they should build their team around a player of exceptional ability who was ready to give his all to erase the memories of the previous World Cup.
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It was the fourth time he had failed to finish a match and, fairly or unfairly, that tag can follow a player around.
But if you've got your pals around, the two player grudge match can offer some real laughs.
Each new release of an always-online game built around a single-player experience is a good reminder of the latter.
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Roger Federer is a talented tennis player whose all-around skills would perhaps be enough to make him a solid tour player.
The notion of an easier mode for some players in a game so tightly built around a multi-player experience that was supposed to be, at its core, very challenging rubbed many people the wrong way, and with good reason.
This player has been around for sometime now and it is still winning awards.
All he was doing was exercising his right to look around, like any other player who is coming to the end of his contract.
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It would also be fun to see a full-fledged single-player campaign built up around the multiplayer.
For me Samuel Eto'o is one of the best strikers around and was a very important player for Barcelona.
And just a couple of years ago, the saxophone player strapped his horn around my neck and showed me where to place my fingers on the keyboard and how to blow, and I did and I felt utterly transported.
But if he really wants to be the next player the Yankees build around, the link from the Jeter dynasty to whatever comes next, then 2013 is his year to embrace the spotlight, thrive in it, and prove that he is worth the commitment.
Oddly, most of the trade rumors revolved around the team's most dynamic player, the 26-year-old point guard Rajon Rondo.
Perhaps, against all the odds, a player has turned the match around -- snatching victory from the jaws of defeat to win in dramatic fashion.
England coach Clive Woodward has always been quick to point out that his side does not revolve around - nor rely on - one player.
The way he was hobbling around, Hinrich hardly looked like a player who was about ready to suit up even though he said he has seen some improvement.
C. player, the first time around, was an accidental and seemingly innocuous elbow, and none of the blows he suffered that day would have been flagged by a referee as illegal.
Nextel for me went around the clock 10 times, an early player in cellular telephony.
But Bent, according to Curbishley, is a player "managers love to have around".
For a player whose game centers so much around speed, it could be a rapid decline once he loses a step.
It has been around from Day One, and if a player thinks he can get an edge, well, it's a good bet some will try to get it.
They contested every shot and swarmed around the Blue Devils like they had an extra player on the court.
"I played with Finners for a couple of years and he is a fantastic player who will be great to have around, " he said.
He inspires confidence around him and he's just quite the player.
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