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APRIL 22, 2008

Are we good? The best of Leavitt in '07-08

No, not his biggest wins, his escapes from icy postgame Powerade showers, or his most enraged sideline pyrotechnics.

This is more fun than that. This is Kevin Smetana over at USF's student paper, the Oracle, compiling a great video of classic moments from Jim Leavitt press conferences over the past year. Watching the clips, I'm reminded that Leavitt was -- relatively speaking -- as at ease this past season as he's been since I've been on the beat.

For those of you who don't regularly watch Leavitt behind the microphone, understand some things. First, few things will set him off like the interruption of a cellphone ringing, or worse, playing some jingle. An accent, even a slight one, can be somewhat jarring for him. He can be strangely contemplative, funny out of nowhere. And no, he's not thinking about anything but the next practice.

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