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“I am an eternal optimist who acts like he’s a teenager. Yet there is no doubt these past five months have been emotionally and physically frustrating,” Vitale said. “I will continue to provide updates as I go along, and I am firm in my belief that I will win this battle and be back doing what I love — calling games at courtside next season. In the meantime, I will enjoy all the great games from my living room and savor the love of my marvelous family.”

Might changes be coming? The NFL’s powerful competition committee, which makes proposals for rules changes, has gone into, well, overtime on the topic through the years. If a team or several teams bring it up with specific suggestions for alterations, the committee will consider them. Should those ideas seem worthy, a proposal would be made to the 32 owners at the league meetings in late March.

“That was definitely a special part of the season to see that relationship grow,” Rodgers said. “I think he put together a really nice team, a team that could have won the Super Bowl, and he deserves a lot of credit for some of the moves that he made. Disappointed we couldn’t put it together for him and the organization, and disappointed it’s ending.”

Size continued to hamper the Bulls as Nikola Vučević stood alone in the paint for most of the game. Between Mo Bamba, Carter and Moe Wagner, the Magic are well-equipped to tower over opponents. Bamba picked up three fouls in the opening nine minutes, eliminating one big-man from the equation, but Carter and Wagner were effective in shutting down Vučević throughout the night.

“I know our fans always enjoy the UConn game, and our team enjoys the rivalry; but I have always said that our conference season and especially our goal of another SEC championship is more central to our program,” South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley said. “As we approach the second half of league play next month, it has become more important to complete our SEC schedule to keep ourselves in the running for a conference title. This Thursday is one of the few dates Ole Miss has open, so, with my team’s best interest at heart, I started the conversations that led us to this point.”