N.C. State beat Drexel, thanks in large part to the Dragons' poor foul shooting late but despite an electrified crowd at the DAC.
Jay Wright admitted that Mike Nardi "struggled" at practice yesterday, and Nardi had to cut it short as a result. Nonetheless, Wright paid tribute to his senior class for leading the way to the Tournament this year. Villanova's top freshman, Scottie Reynolds, originally hails from Chicago and is going home for the Kentucky game.
Phil Sheridan steps up and corrects his own math, amending yesterday's column to note that he meant to propose adding three teams to the Tournament field so that there can be three play-in games.
He also furthers the point by making an argument that I wholeheartedly agree with, which is that the play-in teams should be at-large contenders going for a 12-seed instead of having the little teams that won automatic bids knock each other out before the big dance begins.
Niagara, with two Philly players and a Philly coach, beat Florida A&M in this year's play-in game to earn the right to play Kansas.
The Raleigh News and Observer's N.C. State beat writer notes that the Wolfpack didn't wilt in the DAC heat, while reporting on the arena that's nearly 1/10th the size of the one that hosted this year's ACC Tournament.
The Lexington Herald-Leader profiles Kentucky freshman Orestes Meeks and tells the Wildcats fans out there 40 things they didn't know about Villanova (emphasis on "they"). A writer for the website does a long piece on -- gasp -- Rick Pitino coming back to Rupp to coach.
Elsewhere in Lexington, the Penn student paper runs a travelogue which makes an American history reference that isn't quite as obscure as the one selection committee chair Gary Walters made on Sunday.
Comments (1)
What is the infatuation with the Penn Student newspaper?
Pls explain.
I dont see any links to the Nova student paper.
Why the incessant need to overdo the Penn coverage?
Posted by Mitchell Rosenzweig | March 14, 2007 12:04 PM
Posted on March 14, 2007 12:04