Each week, Ill write about the sport I love: college basketball:Milestone time, baby! Congratulations to Kansas coach Bill Self on his 600th career win. He earned it when the Jayhawks beat UMKC last week. Rick Pitino got his 400th win as Louisvilles coach last weekend.Jayson Tatum lived up to his billing when I saw him during Dukes win over Florida. He is so smooth, handles the ball well at 6-foot-8, drives to the basket with an explosiveness. He missed the early part of the season, so the best is still to come. Duke is getting players healthy and when they have all the parts, watch out.The 2017 Jimmy V. Classic pairings were announced. Connecticut will meet Syracuse while Villanova faces Gonzaga. The Huskies recently beat the Orange at Madison Square Garden. Connecticut and Syracuse also played an epic game in 2009, a contest the Orange won in six overtimes.We have rankings that start in early November. My gut says rankings should begin when conference play starts!Everybody in the SEC is playing for second place. Kentucky is that good!Indiana State upset a ranked Butler team last week. It came on Larry Birds 60th birthday, a great present for a great Sycamore.How about a salute to UT Arlington. Last season, the Mavericks beat Memphis and Ohio State. This season, UTA has knocked off Texas and now Saint Marys. Scott Cross has done a great job coaching this team. Sun Belt foes need to take notice.Rhode Island suffered a tough loss at Houston. The Rams were shorthanded as forward and defensive star?Hassan Martin?was sidelined with a quad injury. Martin is out indefinitely.Sophomore Yankuba Sima has decided to transfer from St. Johns. He started eight of the teams first 10 games this season and averaged six points per game. Tariq Owens was given the starting assignment in the first game Sima missed. San Jose Sharks Jerseys . 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But when it comes to determining if Raymond will find a place on the Leafs roster when training camp concludes in a week, well, that decision will ultimately fall to the head coach. Essendon forward Joe Daniher would gladly swap the coveted No.1 draft pick for another win as the Bombers prepare to kiss goodbye to their scandal-ridden era.All things being equal, Saturdays match with Carlton will be the final time Essendon players take the field under threat of sanction or feeling the weight of anti-doping bans from their 2012 supplements saga.The cost in 2016 has been a 19-loss season and, if the Blues make it 20 in their MCG meeting, a first wooden spoon since 1933.Despite the benefit of gaining a No.1 pick if last, star forward Daniher said hed prefer to end the season on a high.Wins have been hard to come by for our footy club this year, he said.To finish on a really positive note would be something really good for our fans and our players going forward so thats the plan.Opponents Carlton know a little bit about getting up off the canvas.It was the Blues who bottomed out last season, only to rebound in 2016 under new coach Brendon Bolton.The first-year senior coach could claim an eighth win in a meritorious, if inconsistent, campaign on Saturday.Its 14th against 18th but Bolton said any game for a young list against a chief rival would be meaningful.Some people may think the game is a dead rubber but its far from that, he said.ddddddddddddBolton said the clubs biggest progress couldnt be seen on the ladder.Were now a united footy club and weve built really strong relationships across our whole club, he said.Thats what were most proud of.We dont want the season to end.Essendon (2-19) will win the wooden spoon with a loss or if Brisbane (3-18) beat St Kilda on Sunday afternoon.A three per cent gap in Brisbanes favour means the Dons must also win big or rely on a Lions thrashing to avoid last place.Both sides have changes and milestones for the occasion.Stand-in captain Brendon Goddard headlines for inclusions for Essendon, with Courtenay Dempsey, Nick Kommer, Shaun McKernan also coming in.Mathew Stokes and Adam Cooney wont play, effectively ending their AFL careers, with Orazio Fantasia (groin) denied a round 23 run and top-up ruck Mark Jamar now in uncertain waters.Bolton has returned Sam Kerridge and Jack Silvagni to the side for Andrejs Everitt and Ed Curnow (knee).Dale Thomas will celebrate his 200th AFL match while Patrick Ambrose hits 50 games for Essendon. 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