That technique gave me the tipoff in 2007 that the next year would see a monumental financial crisis.
Te'o's wrenching story fit into this playbook perfectly. (Too perfectly which should have been a tipoff.) Of course it worked.
Students began lining up for seats outside the arena almost 24 hours before tipoff, a rarity for the attendance-challenged Hurricanes.
Just to coarsen things, he admitted that the tipoff came from a policeman who had taken payment from one of his colleagues.
Southerland did not play against the Wildcats in the Carrier Dome Jan. 12, his eligibility issue surfacing just before the opening tipoff.
Turkish newspaper Hurriyet reported that Abu Ghaith was seized in Ankara "after a tipoff" from the CIA and was held for 33 days.
Shortly before tipoff, just as he does every home game, West Virginia's buckskin-wearing mascot fired his musket at midcourt, startling everyone on Baylor's bench.
Every tipoff, possession, turnover, basket (certainly by the home team) timeout, quarter and halftime, is accompanied by explosive sound effects and crammed with music and entertainment.
About an hour before tipoff, when Memphis coach Lionel Hollins said 7-foot center Marc Gasol who just three days earlier had been ruled out indefinitely with an abdominal tear would play.
Hours before the Kings tipoff against the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday night, NBA owners will gather in a New York boardroom to begin deliberating where the team will be located next season.
Miller made one on the team's third attempt of the night, about 2 minutes after tipoff, and the Heat the league's second-best 3-point shooting team this season entering the game went on to miss their next 15 tries from long range.
Led by Big Ten player of the year Trey Burke and sharp-shooting guard Nik Stauskas, one of three freshman starters, the Wolverines dominated Florida right from tipoff, scoring the game's first 13 points and routing the Gators 79-59 in the South Regional final Sunday.
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