Sports commentator Dick Vitale just called. He wanted to protest — nicely — about something in the Sunday UK Notebook.
Vitale didn’t like the reference to his list of the top 50 players in college basketball since 1979. That list, along with the top 50 moments, are the basis for his new book, “Dick Vitale’s Fabulous 50 Players and Moments in College Basketball.”
What Vitale didn’t was my mentioning that he picked eight players from Duke before getting to No. 48 Kenny Walker. That fostered the misconception that he favors Duke.
Vitale noted that all eight players had been a National Player of the Year. “How do you keep them off?” he said. “Facts are facts.
“People don’t want to hear honesty,” added Vitale, who then praised Duke’s accomplishmenets. “If I’m not fair to others, you question yourself. I’m always fair, so that doesn’t bother me.”
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