A softer side of the sporting world...Video at bottom...

[quickdodge®]

Amid all the turmoil and drama on all the sports stages, you don't see this very often at all.

From Yahoo.com:

Duke cruised to its 10th title-game appearance Saturday night, but the final score and the performances by Kyle Singler, Jon Scheyer and Nolan Smith are as much of "highlight" as the human touch we saw from oft-surly WVU head coach Bob Huggins.

Huggins has said he's never coached a better combination of player and person than Da'Sean Butler, and as the senior's college career ended with a knee injury, Huggins came out, defended his player to the officials and had a touching moment with Butler as the All-Big East first-teamer lay helpless on the court.

It was emotional and extremely personal. The interaction between the two was a glimpse into a relationship that we rarely get to see on such a grand stage. But with tears in Butler's eyes and frustration in his body language, Huggins clasped his best player's head and got him through it. We may not get a more personal public moment from this year's tournament than this.

Huggins, clearly frustrated with how the play unfolded, also chastised official John Higgins by saying, sarcastically, "They [the Blue Devils] don't foul, right, John? They don't foul. All-American laying here and they don't foul."

http://rivals.yahoo.com/video/colleg...-Injury-158206

[FlipKing]

Most people dont notice the power and emotions of sports. For that player to put in that many hours into making his team win and then go out like that it sucks.

[cjhutch]

I watched that live on TV with some friends and my eyes got a little watery. You always see the coaches go out there and check to see how hurt the player is and then they just turn around to their bench and call someone else to check in. To see Huggs go out there and show he really cares about his players was a very strong sign of how different college is from professional sports. I remember when he left Cincy and people were all saying he was a bad guy and only cared about winning. I know he wasn't thinking about it when he did it, but that was a great moment for his recruiting efforts. Coaches always go into homes and tell the parents how much they care about the players and how they will take care of their son. Well this just shows he means it.