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What happened to it?  New York, New York—Director and Producer
Spike Lee is the most devoted basketball fan the New York Knicks
have ever had. Even though the Knickerbockers are 28-38 and 25.0
games out of first place in the Eastern Conference, Spike still
loves his basketball team. Unfortunately for Lee and the Knicks,
he is about the only one who still does!  Hip Hop Mogul and
Legend Sean "Jay-Z" Carter don't have a much brighter
circumstance as part owner of the 28-37 New Jersey Nets. Vince-
anity, formerly Air Canada, has not been able to drive the Nets
back to playoff contention after being swept by the Lakers in
2001.  With their NBA teams currently playing for their
paychecks, basketball fans in the Tri-state area would then look
to college teams for some hope. On Selection Sunday 2009, the
NCAA committee only selected three teams from the greater New
York/New Jersey region!