I read a column by a Yahoo! sports writer prior to the start of the NCAA tournament. It was all about being invested in a team and having them let you down. Well, at least Dan Wetzel still has his dog in the hunt, having fallen hard for Syracuse this year. I, on… Continue reading March Madness Revisited
As conference championships have begun to be decided, are you wondering where your team will fall? In the case of my Mountaineers, the question is what seed they will be more than where they will be playing after Selection Sunday, March 15. If, as they have in the past, West Virginia happens to win the… Continue reading Will Your Team Dance?
While the Niagara University Purple Eagle men’s basketball team was unhappy to be playing in the play-in game for the NCAA tournament, they did meet up with an unexpected acquaintance. The University of Dayton pep band – who had played for Niagara at NIT events at HSBC Arena several years ago – met up with… Continue reading Thank you, U of Dayton
MSNsportsNET.com – the official site for WVU Mountaineer sports – has the following quote in an article about WVU being on the bubble to go dancing. According to West Virginia SID Bryan Messerly, only twice in the existence of the Big East Conference has a 20-win team not made the tournament: 20-8 UConn in 1980… Continue reading Mountaineers & Orange Make History
My daughter was all excited. First, her sister’s women’s soccer team won their conference championship at the end of October last year. The team and university members were gathered in the lower level of the Gallagher Center to watch the selection show. The team – which plays in a small Division 1 conference – was… Continue reading Dancing but is it really?
Several blog titles of mine deal with March Madness, though not all refer to NCAA basketball. This one does and this year, in particular, it will be special. This year March Madness has a special slant to it. My daughter’s college team won their conference championship so will be heading to the dance. It happens… Continue reading March Madness Arrives
… and this time I do mean college basketball. Tomorrow, I leave for the four hour one-way trip to pick up my daughter from college. Her university’s men’s basketball team won their conference championship on Tuesday night – or was it Wednesday night – of this week. They are going dancing. So, while my daughter… Continue reading March Madness is coming ….
You all should read Mike Jarvis’s article on student-athletes in college basketball’s Big Dance. While Coach Jarvis focuses on the basketball end of this, it is the same for most college student-athletes. I had a mother ask me about my daughter’s experience at a Division 1 school who happened to make it to the NCAA… Continue reading “A Matter of Class”
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