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But as the city prepares to host the 2012 Olympics, with men's basketball expected to be a big draw, organizers said they felt the time was right to bring a competitive game to Britain.

BEIJING — For all the pressure on Yao Ming during the Olympics, not even the most rabid Chinese basketball fan expects the Chinese team to win a medal.

"And everyone on that basketball court expected us to get together and live happily ever after.

And: "Can you say my name again?" It was not that international basketball observers expected Tunisia to contend with the Americans.

"I don't think anybody in the basketball world expected us to have this type of record at this point in the season".

Joel Maxcy, an associate professor of sport and recreation management at Temple University, said that given the economic climate and the increasing pressure for success from the revenue-generating sports like football and basketball, he expected "more universities to cut sports toward that minimum".

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March in the A.C.C.A. is a bit milder than the madness most college-basketball fans expect.

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The Nuggets played a furious brand of aggressive basketball, precisely the type of basketball you'd expect from a team facing elimination on the road.

This sounded noble but also provided Calipari the perfect cover if he failed to produce the national title — which would be his first — that basketball-mad Kentucky surely expects after making him the highest-paid college coach in America.