11-09-2007, 08:18 AM
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College basketball roundup: Gardner-Webb wins another for the little guy
Friday, November 9, 2007 3:24 AM
From wire services
 James Crisp | Associated Press
Nate Blank and Gardner-Webb were on top of the world after defeating Kentucky 84-68 in Rupp Arena.
The students filed into Gardner-Webb's tiny arena in Boiling Springs, N.C., yesterday wearing red shirts, some with their faces painted, many carrying signs.
They were celebrating the school's signature moment -- and watching a replay on a giant screen late yesterday afternoon -- of the Bulldogs' upset of No. 20 Kentucky in Rupp Arena a night earlier.
"UKan't run with the Dawgs!" read one sign.
As the players milled around next to the cheerleaders and the band, coach Rick Scruggs was trying to talk over the cheers despite his hoarse voice.
"The enormity of it, it's still hitting me now," Scruggs said. "You always think about playing in Rupp, at North Carolina and those people."
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