Kent sits on the board of directors for the National Association of Basketball Coaches, which holds its annual meetings at the Final Four. Luke Ridnour and Luke Jackson won’t be there with Kent.

Luke Ridnour hobbled through a tunnel at Maples ... He found his way to the basketball floor, where his parents were waiting for him. They gave him abig, long hug. He needed it.

The first of those 17 players to wear No. 8 did so in the Seattle SuperSonics era, Seattle combo guard alum Luke Ridnour. After ending his college career at the University of Oregon, Ridnour would ...