Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary Of Education, Shines In Celebrity Game At NBA All-Star Weekend (TWEETS)

On a night when Jeremy Lin was expected to be the star, it was another Harvard hoopster that stole the spotlight. During the 2012 NBA All-Star Celebrity Game, the least likely celeb in uniform took the rappers, actors, comedians and even a few NBA legends to school.

The "celebrity" who had Twitter buzzing most during the exhibition game in Orlando was U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, who used his moment in the spotlight to draw attention to the dropout rate.

The 47-year-old Duncan went off for 17 points 8 rebounds and 5 dimes in leading the East squad to a convincing triumph. Having played college basketball at Harvard, Duncan dominated the first half and provided the highlight of the night with a spinning, over-the-shoulder pass to rapper J. Cole, who couldn't finish the lay-up.

Basketball fans immediately took to Twitter to talk about Duncan's unexpected tour-de-force performance -- and, in some cases, suggest that their favorite team see if he's willing to jump from the Department of Education to the NBA. Here are some of the top tweets:

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[warmandfuzzy]

09:22 AM on 02/28/2012

Political hack makes a few hoops.

[Gere Minnick]

11:24 AM on 02/27/2012

Another federal worker Obama brought in that seems better at playing than doing the job we pay him for. All the while the kids aren't getting a good education and fail to meet the minimum standards that were the norm just two decades ago. Call me cruel, but I expect more than what I get for my hard earned tax dollars these days.

[Pennsanic]

01:01 PM on 02/27/2012

The federal government contributes very little to education, contributing only about 11 percent of total education spending in the country (local, state and federal) on elementary and secondary education, according to the Department of Education. Total education spending, including higher education, consumes less than 3 percent of the federal budget.

In other words, stop whining about it and do something about our absurd military budget.

http://nationalpriorities.org/en/resources/federal-budget-101/peoples-guide/

[warmandfuzzy]

09:24 AM on 02/28/2012

BS...

The Dept of Ed contributes hundreds of billions in regulatory overkill, strapping local districts with massive debt loads.

The 11% figure is as bogus as bogus can get.

[BeyondTheBull]

09:06 AM on 02/28/2012

I expected you to have been cruel about the members of congress who do nothing for your hard earned tax dollar. You pay them a lot more than you do for the Secretary.

[JusdaTruth]

04:00 PM on 02/26/2012

I got no time for Union Busters!

[warmandfuzzy]

09:26 AM on 02/28/2012

I got plenty of time to bust unions. And I do...by giving a better wage to my employees then the union thugs at the Local scam off the top of employee paychecks.
Unions are a waste in this day and age....an expensive buggy whip.

[JusdaTruth]

11:24 AM on 03/10/2012

And soon you'll tell me that you provide them with great benefits and a profit sharing plan that's fair. Solidarity forever.

[eceresa]

08:59 PM on 02/25/2012

He could trip over his feet and miss every shot, and he'd still be a better basketball player than a Secretary of Education.

[cameron d]

05:43 PM on 02/25/2012

So now Harvard is Ball-So-Hard University?

[James Liber]

11:53 AM on 02/25/2012

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[dvglass3]

12:35 PM on 02/25/2012

First, this is not a spam, sales site. Second, he does not read the comments on HP. Spend some money and get your own site.

[blackjacki2]

11:25 AM on 02/25/2012

"Arne Duncan was the MVP Just most the people Voting was apart of the "26""

lol. True words right there.

[Kingstone]

09:34 AM on 02/25/2012

Look who is smiling on the other side of Penn. Avenue????? Teammate Obama. Arne D dah Man!

[SheikArbusto]

09:31 AM on 02/25/2012

The big story last night was the Up and Comers game - Kyrie shined and instead of self aggrandizement, he wanted Cleveland. beat up and tinkled on by LeBrick, to be in the spotlight.

When he was given the cystal trophy, he held it jersey level and said, "Make sure to get the 'Cleveland"

[dvglass3]

12:39 PM on 02/25/2012

LeBron James??? The only reason Cleveland still has a team? You should thank him for the 7 years gave to your city instead of acting like a fool.

[SheikArbusto]

01:08 PM on 02/25/2012

Yea, we should thank him for purposefully tanking in the playoffs to ease his move out of town.

[steveinohio]

10:20 AM on 02/27/2012

There was basketball in Cleveland before #6, there will be basketball after.

[hilaritee]

02:48 AM on 02/25/2012

I would love it if Arne quit his day job and took up hoops professionally.

[ZenSufi]

01:05 AM on 02/25/2012

All he does is Lin.

[RobJames]

10:54 PM on 02/24/2012

Those White House pickup games must really get intense.

[jstafrnd03]

09:42 AM on 02/27/2012

thats the only thing that shows intensity in that place!

[ljc]

09:56 AM on 02/27/2012

petty comment....