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Alan Williams of the University of California, Santa Barbara, has some outstanding stats, but it probably won't be enough to make him Player of the Year. Danny Moloshok/AP hide caption

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Who's The Best In College Basketball? Let's Look At The Numbers

"Nobody really compares" to Alan Williams number-wise, a statistician says. But the starting center for University of California, Santa Barbara, isn't widely expected to be named Player of the Year.

Alan Williams of the University of California, Santa Barbara, has some outstanding stats, but it probably won't be enough to make him Player of the Year. Danny Moloshok/AP hide caption

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Who's The Best In College Basketball? Let's Look At The Numbers

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Pope Francis greets the crowd as he arrives for his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican last month. Vincenzo Pinto/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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One Year Later, 'A Pope For All' Keeps Catholics Guessing

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Demonstrators walk through a cloud of tear gas fired by the Bolivarian National Police during clashes in Caracas, Venezuela, on Wednesday. Alejandro Cegarra/AP hide caption

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Venezuela: A Month Of Unrest And Forecasts Of More

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NPR's Jackie Northam on the Maersk McKinney Moller, a new container megaship that can carry about double what many other big cargo ships can carry. It's 20 stories high and four football fields long. Jackie Northam/NPR hide caption

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Hitching A Ride On The World's Biggest Cargo Ship

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We love our morning coffee, but what's really in that piping hot cup of java? It's a powerful drug called caffeine. iStockphoto hide caption

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Wake Up And Smell The Caffeine. It's A Powerful Drug

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