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Steve Donahue will most likely be the next coach at Boston College.

Boston College athletic director Gene DeFilippo is expected to name Cornell head coach Steve Donahue as the school’s replacement for former coach Al Skinner, who was recently fired from the position after 13 years.

While no school-sponsored announcement has been made, basketball analysts, bloggers and random people I’ve been e-mailing are all naming Donahue as Skinner’s successor. According to the Boston Herald, Donahue was on campus this morning to meet with Boston College President Fr. William Leahy.

Donahue has been the head coach at Cornell for 10 years, and led the team to a Sweet 16 performance in this year’s NCAA Tournament.

According to reports, a press conference is scheduled for Wednesday.

Now, I’m just going to preface this by saying, I HATED the Luther Vandross version of this song. So, I was happy to hear that someone else was taking over. Did I love it, however? No. And here’s why:

1. The best part of One Shining Moment is the “beat of your heart” part, and she barely even said the word heart.

2. The second best part of the song are the drum beats at the end, where there are usually quick edits of the video. This was also missing.

3. BIGGEST PEEVE HERE: WTF are you doing IN the video, Jennifer? Are you a basketball player? A cheerleader? The Butler Bulldog? You took away at least 20 seconds of my NCAA tournament highlights with clips of you and your bangs in a fake recording studio. This deducted 50 like-ability points from your version of this classic song. If you come back next year, and that’s a BIG IF, don’t pull this shit again.

This is how it’s done:

It's the final game of the 2009-2010 season. Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images

I get so excited for the National Championship game, until I realize that tomorrow I’m going to have to start counting down the days until basketball season once again begins.

While a lot of people complained that there was no stand-out team, I’m celebrating this season for more exciting games than we have seen in quite some time. I also love that this season stumped everyone, even the analysts. Remember when the Texas-UNC game in Dallas Cowboy Stadium was touted as the Game-of-the-Year? Remember Northeastern’s 11-game winning streak, the longest in the country at the time. Remember Northern Iowa beating Kansas (you should, it like, just happened).

Butler and Duke battled it out the entire 40 minutes. Andy Lyons/Getty Images

This season, no matter what the outcome tonight, will be memorable. But for those of us (like me) who’s teams may have not performed up-to-snuff, “tonight’s the night the world begins again.”

Update, 10:13 p.m. EST: We have a one-point game at the half, ladies and gentlemen.

Update, 11 p.m. EST: Butler is tenacious. A gnat flying around Duke’s National Championship ear. 51 to 47 49 Blue Devils, with 9 minutes left.

Update, 11:04 p.m. EST: I feel like I’m watching a hard-fought, on-the-floor, gym-rat AAU game.

Update, 11:26 p.m. EST: Duke up five with two minutes left.

Update, 11:32 p.m. EST: Timeout Butler, down one with 13 seconds left. This is the best National Championship in a while. Even better than Memphis-Kansas.

Jeff Haynes/Reuters

Update, 11:34 p.m. EST: Butler can’t inbound, has to use another timeout.

Update, 11:36 p.m. EST: Hayward misses, Duke rebounds with three seconds left. Butler fouls to put Zoubek on the line. He makes first foul shot.

Update, 11:37 p.m. EST: WOW. Zoubek misses second foul shot intentionally. Hayward almost makes half-court launcher. Duke wins its fourth national championship!

If you had told me 10 years ago that Chris Spatola (Duke DOBO, former Army point guard) would be a national champion, I would have asked you what drugs you were one. It’s funny the twists and turns life can take, and the way a journey can bring you down a great road if you just let it. Congrats to Duke, and congrats to Butler. I don’t think anyone lost this game tonight. I think time just ran out. (I know that last part took a sentimental turn, but March Madness is over, and College Basketball is my First Love).

To Keep You Entertained Until Next October