"I paid my dues," he said. "I don't think of it from that standpoint."
He said, in fact, that he generally is not one to reflect. Good, because this moment is enough to occupy any mind. There is only one first time, and no other time is like it. Morgan State finally gets to see, hear and taste what nearly every other school in the state already has. A coach who was told he might never get a college job again is the man who took them there.
If that doesn't get you dancing, nothing will.
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NO. 15 MORGAN STATE (23-11) VS. NO. 2 OKLAHOMA (27-5)
Thursday, 9:40 p.m. (approx.), Kansas City, Mo. TV: Chs. 13, 9
oklahoma at a glance
Record: 27-5 (16-1 home, 8-3 road, 3-1 neutral)
Starting lineup: 6-3 G Austin Johnson (3.9 assists), 6-6 G Tony Crocker, 6-10 F Blake Griffin (21.9 points, 14.3 rebounds), 6-7 F Taylor Griffin, 6-4 G Willie Warren
Summary: Blake Griffin ranks at the top of many lists for National Player of the Year. He is shooting 63.5 percent. The Sooners are 2-4 in their past six, losing to Oklahoma State in the second round of the Big 12 tournament. Though Oklahoma didn't play Morgan State this season, the Sooners faced two other members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference - Coppin State and UMES - beating them by a combined 67 points.
