Marv Harshman

If Washington was an automobile, it would be a beat-up old Chevy. But Huskies coach Marv Harshman, 67, who'll retire next spring after 40 seasons, didn't get to be the nation's winningest active Division I coach (620...

Basketball with a Teutonic twist has sent the Washington Huskies to the top of the Pac-10, and that's just the tip of the Eisberg in the U.S.

•Frank Layden, Utah Jazz coach, complaining about a former player of his: "I told him, 'Son, I can't understand it with you. Is it ignorance or apathy?' He said, 'Coach, I don't know and I don't care.' "

When those flying young men slam the ball, the rim quivers, the backboard vibrates and fans go wild