those bye boys look good. those spaces fill quickly and effectively. king looked confused. he was a great young player. finally good news, cameron rodriguez, he won $20 million at a half court shot last month, the celebration was short lived after he was informed he was wow lose his amateur status at southwestern college where he s a player if he kept the money. after an appeal, the naia the governing body for the schools said rodriguez can keep the cash 20 grand and use the prize as scholarship money. it took a while to get there. naia, folded up and came up with a new enterprise. unbelievable. up next the must read opinion pages. we will be right back with morning joe. . mine was earned orbiting the moon in 1971.
two best teams in the east not saying a lot. indiana down seven at the half. paul george, some clutch threes late in the fourth. roy hibbert piled on 24. the pacers win it 90-84. if you want to think about home court advantage for the playoffs, pacers are 10-0 at home this season. finally, good news for one lucky fan. cameron rodriguez won $20,000 by hitting this half court shot at an oklahoma city thunder game. he nailed the shot back in november. but the celebration was short lived because he was told if he took the money he d lose his amateur status at southwestern college. so he appealed the niaa and they said he can keep it now if he uses it as scholarship money. i mean, of course. it s crazy. they did the right thing though. it s america. what a country. the ncaa would have been like they would have done an investigation for they years.
remember when that happened when cameron rodriguez sank that half court shot at an oklahoma city thunder game and won $20,000. sounds great but rodriguez place basketball at college which means he may not be able to face the money. he faces forfeiting his scholarship and a full academic year for a full year but now a national association of intercollegiate athletics says rodriguez will be able to keep the money to use as a scholarship. a survey found 48% of women would rather go a month with no sex that be be without their phones for the same amount of time. the survey shows 1 in 20 women are so attached they sleep with them in bed. some women admitted to buying a water proof case so they could check updates in the shower. it is now about 3
cams rolled, sunday s snowfall is being blamed for dozens of crashes in southeast wisconsin in which three people died. and a follow-up to a story we ve been followin a college basketball player can keep the $20,000 he won for a half-court shot to use as scholarship money. cameron rodriguez sank the shot. the niai said rodriguez would forfeit his ability to play at southwestern colle if he kept his winnings. the school appealed and he was able to keep the money to put towards his education. he wasn t sure. yes, very humble. he said whatever happens is fine. i m so glad to see this is a happy ending. that would have been such a letdown. college ain t cheap either. 20 grand will help out to be sure. so great. thanks, pamela. next up on new day, a story that is really honestly way too bizarre to believe. a man leapingo his death at a
0 good morning and welcome to new day, everyone. it s wednesday, december 11th, 6:00 in the east. chris and michaela are off today. i m lucky enough to be joined by john berman and pamela brown. all lucky if you like. or i drew the short straw, one of the two. a miracle in the mountains. a family of six surviving two days of subzero temperatures in a rugged nevada range after their jeep overturned. stephanie elam is live in lovelock, nevada this morning. you were there last night during the press conference, laying out how they re doing. what are we learning this morning? reporter: i have to tell you, they are calling this a christmas miracle, that this family was found a everyone survived. coming in here today, it s about 8 degrees but that s warm compared to what this family endured. they managed to stick together and stay alive. an incredible finale to a dramatic story of survive. a lovelock, nevada family of six, including four young children were founded alive after be