Milwaukee Bucks General Manager Larry Harris has done a great deal of work in the past year to turn around a team that finished with an embarrassing 30-52 record in 2004-’05.

He hired coach Terry Stotts, re-signing star shooting guard Michael Redd, drafted Andrew Bogut with the No. 1 pick in the NBA Draft, traded Desmond Mason for all-star center Jamaal Magloire, and acquired last year’s most improved player Bobby Simmons via free agency. All these moves were instrumental in returning Milwaukee to legitimate playoff contender status.

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With the month of January in the bag, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee men's basketball team has taken the conference in stride. Except for the shutdown on ESPN2 against UW-Green Bay, the Panthers have gone undefeated in the Horizon League.

Taking a league record of 9-1 into February, Milwaukee has just six league games left on its schedule, along with a comfortable three-game lead over the second-place Butler Bulldogs. While Butler has to cover a lot of ground to catch up with Milwaukee, they can accomplish a lot in one night.

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In the pools of Western Illinois University, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee men's swimming and diving team scored a 125-112 victory last Saturday, Jan. 28, in Macomb, Ill.

Leading the Panthers men was Jeremy Seibel, a sophomore who claimed first place in the 200 individual medley and the 500 freestyle. His 200 IM time of 2:02:74 was the best for a Panthers this season, and the fact that he only beat UWM freshman Robby Leibold by just over one-tenth of a second only adds to the dominance UWM had in the event.

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It’s simple really. The Seattle Seahawks will win Sunday’s Super Bowl because they are overall the better team.

But why? And how?

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