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You Had Me At "Hello," Julius Hodge. [College Basketball Closer]
Posted January 30th ago via Deadspin
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I was reading my colleague's words about the jaw-dropping NBA play of Chris Paul the other day, and it reminded me that once upon a time, when he was at Wake Forest, Paul committed the ultimate in "basket interference", by busting NC State's Julius Hodge in the biscuits. Hodge has, er, underperformed as a professional, mostly bouncing around the international scene after being shot in a Denver-area driveby in 2006.

It's too bad, because during his ACC days, Hodge was a quote machine. Tell me you wouldn't rather hear some of these gems instead of Dirk's post-game Germanglish:

Post cock-punch: "At first, I just wanted to find out if I could still have children. Once I figured out I could have children, it was all good."

After a rough game against FSU's Tim Pickett: "I was peeved. I had some turnovers like I was in the seventh grade. One time, Pickett took my cookies."

Comparing his hometown to Raleigh, NC: "New York is the place to be. I could wake up there at three in the morning and decide to go to the store for some chips and Snapple and there would be cars racing down the street and people walking around everywhere. If I do that here, I'd probably get attacked by a deer."

After beating out Duke's Chris Duhon for ACC POY: "Duhon's always saying that everyone's playing for second place, well I guess now he's that guy."

And, finally, words we can all live by, delivered to an inexperienced teammate about to start for the first time: "When you're hungry, you eat; when you're a frog, you leap; if you're scared, get a dog."

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