deadspin.com - 3/18/2008
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On most tournament pool brackets it will be indicated as "play-in winner," a stirring tribute to a successful season if ever there was one. Presenting once again the play-in game, which has become the NCAA's little joke on the smaller Div. I schools. This year was especially awkward, as Coppin State -- the first 20-loss team ever to make the NCAA tourney -- is scheduled to take on Mount St. ...
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It’s Hard Out There for a Mid-Major
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... So tonight the tournament officially “kicks off,” even though my feelings about the play-in game are summarized nicely here. Mount St. Mary’s deserves a legitimate seed in the tournament; all the conferences winners do (whether by regular season or conference tourney, that’s a whole different issue), even 20-loss Coppin St. because they won their conference tourney. I’ve always been in favor of the idea that if we HAVE to have a play-in game, why not make it between 2 teams from major conferences who have questionable resumes? ...
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MOUNT PUNCHES NCAA TICKET —
NY Post: Sports 3/19/2008
DAYTON, Ohio - Jeremy Goode scored 21 points last night, and Mount St. Mary's got its first NCAA Tournament victory, beating Coppin State 69-60 in an opening-round game with two teams that know a lot about losing. The Mountaineers (19-14) won their...
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