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For Okafor, Gordon, others no animosity toward Duke.(The Hartford Courant)
Byline: Matt Eagan
STORRS, Conn. _As the people of Connecticut gathered nervously in front of their televisions on that March night five years ago, Emeka Okafor was flipping channels at his home in Bellaire, Texas.
He saw only snippets of UConn 77, Duke 74.
"I watched some of that game," Okafor said. "I wasn't really into college sports. I think there was a Rockets game on."
Ben Gordon taped the game and watched it the next day.
"It was a really good game," Gordon said. "It was one of the best championship games I ever saw."
There will be much talk, especially in Connecticut, about the acrimony between these two ...
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