New Mexico, San Diego State, UNLV and Colorado State shot for the moon and crashed and burned in the NCAA Tournament. Mission abject failure.
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Two types of underdogs rise up in March: the ones who come from nowhere, and the others we all know, such as Robbie Hummel. The ‘dogs win outright, get blown out or lose but cover, as was the case with Purdue.
You need heart to win NCAA Tournament games. You need leadership on the basketball court. You need to play together. You need, above all, mental and physical toughness.
Colorado basketball coach Tad Boyle couldn’t say no to the itch that draws all sorts of men, commodity traders included, to coach basketball. He sort of liked the idea of waking up to a sweatsuit rather than a three-piece suit.
His name was Henry V. Porter, and he was writing an essay on the state high school basketball tournament in Illinois. It was 1939.