This coach thinks his basketball court is so clean you can eat off it

11/18/2012

Do you adhere to the famed five-second rule, whereby food that's hit the floor is fair game if you snatch it up within the specified time? Well, Indiana basketball coach Tom Crean insisted that wasn't even in play when he committed a turnover with a fresh piece of Dentyne Ice during the Hoosiers' rout of Sam Houston State, dropping it and then popping it into his mouth. "Even if it was used, it wouldn't matter," he later tweeted. "Branch McCracken Court at ASSEMBLY HALL is the cleanest and greatest court around." Looks as if he has an endorsement deal if he wants, too. "#FF Our new favorite coach @TomCrean," tweeted @Dentyne.

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