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The Twitter guide to the 2013 Sweet 16

Written by Michael Rogner on .

For those who might be French and prefer their options a-la-carte, please choose from the menu below. Or, be an American and just follow the damn list. Also, I know I forgot some good folks, so feel free to email me, or put it in the comments if you've been overlooked. You know who you are.

Also, while I appreciate the national and regional folks, this list is about the specialists who mostly obsess about a single team. That's where the real insight comes from.

Arizona

AZ Desert Swarm, Your Arizona Wildcats blog. Tweets by and

Bruce Pascoe, Covering Arizona basketball, and assorted other topics, for the Arizona Daily Star

Duke

Adam Rowe, Duke sports on the reg. Especially Duke Basketball & Football. , , , & contributors

Ben Swain, Co-host of the critically acclaimed Walk-Ons podcast (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-walk-ons-podcast/id605154975?mt=2 ). Writer. Joke maker. 2012 Belk Bowl attendee. ACC xenophobe.

Blue vs Blue, Two teams. Eight miles apart. 100+ years of history. One blog. Let's do this.

Duke Basketball, Coverage of Duke Basketball from The Chronicle, Duke's independent daily student newspaper.

Duke Blogger, The Blogging of Duke Blue Devil Basketball

Laura Keeley, I'm the Duke beat reporter for the Raleigh News & Observer and Charlotte Observer. I keep tabs on the rest of the ACC as well.

TobaccoRdMayor, Old School Duke Fan - Been a Duke fan longer than Coach K. I've been mentioned on Sports Center, So I'm very important. I like steak.

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What we talk about when we talk about Tubby

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Yesterday, Tubby Smith was fired. And predictably the fan reaction was almost overwhelmingly positive. And it will stay that way, for now.

Start googling "Tubby Smith fired" and you'll find an awful lot of pictures of Shaka Smart. Smart, of course, is closely linked to the Minnesota Athletic Director, and hey, what fan base wouldn't want Smart? Never mind that he's previously turned down far better jobs than Minnesota, or that he's currently linked to UCLA, which might be one of the top four or five jobs in the nation.

It gets more complex the more fan reactions you read. Brad Stevens? Why not?! What about Anthony Grant or Buzz Williams? Meh, let's go higher profile.

And herein lies the problem.

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Sign of success: FGCU gets a Twitter imposter

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You may have heard of Florida Gulf Coast University. I haven't looked at Google, though I'm guessing that several variations on their name is pretty large in keyword searches the past few days. So it's only natural - this is 2013 after all - that fake Twitter comes a knocking.

And sure enough, the FGCU Eagles basketball team just got an "official" Twitter account. Nevermind that they already have an official Twitter account (which you should follow, by the way).

Most of the time this would just be a case of some lonely kid wanting a voice and latching on to whatever is popular so that people will give him attention.

But again, this is 2013. And 2013 is all about socks.

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2013 college basketball coaching changes

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Inside the boxscore: FGCU 81, San Diego St 71

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1. With the win Florida Gulf Coast goes to 26-10 on the season. Prior to Andy Enfield's arrival, the Eagles best Division I record was 11-20. In his first season (last year) the Eagles were close to their first ever winning record (15-17). They've gone 14-2 over the past 16 games.

2. Sophomore Brett Comer has saved his best basketball for the right time. In two tournament games he's averaged 12 assists to just 2.5 turnovers, and he established a new career best for assists (14) vs the Aztecs. The two upset wins were the first time in his career that he's had back-to-back double-digit assists.

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The NCAA Tournament in pictures: Day 4

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#DunkCity: Brett Comer to Eric McKnight alley oop

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Indiana wins the game, but Khalif Wyatt wins Twitter

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Inside the boxscore: Ohio State 78, Iowa State 75

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1. Iowa State turned the ball over 16 times in a 67 possession game. Their 24% turnover rate was almost 3X what it was in their opponer against Notre Dame when they turned it over on 9% of their possessions.

2. Aaron Craft scored 18 points on just 10 shots, and added 6 assists and 2 steals. He'll be best remembered though for benefiting from the blown blocking call by Karl Hess which took a basket away from Iowa State. That would have given the Cyclones a 3-pt lead with an and-1 coming from the line. This occurred with 1:41 left on the clock and Ohio State scored the final four points of the game.

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Inside the boxscore: Wichita State 76, Gonzaga 70

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1. With the win Wichita State moves to 28-8 on the year, which is one win shy of the program record set two years ago. The 29 wins eclipsed 27 wins from the 1953-54 team (though, they only lost four). This is the 4th straight year Gregg Marshall's Shockers have won at least 25 games. Prior to his arrival Wichita State had never won even 20 games in four straight seasons.

2. Freshman Ron Baker scored in double figures for just the third time this season. He scored 16 points and tied his career best for 3-pointers (4) and rebounds (6). Baker didn't play from December 18th until March 8th due to a stress fracture, and this was his 5th game back (and 2nd straight start).

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