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 About 40 years ago, it's stunning to think that the NCAA had never started an all-black team before. No one had done that before.

 Stan Buchanan (a starter on the 1955 NCAA champion USF team) surprised me when he mentioned a few years ago that the team had always wanted rings but did not receive them, so we started a process of building an event to honor this distinguished group.

 In past years, the NCAA Qualifier alone determined team NCAA ranking and invitations to the NCAA Championships. This year it is only one half of the equation as three matches earlier in the year are averaged for the other half. However, for individuals, the qualifier is it. While we have not improved enough to be in a position to qualify as one of the top eight teams and earn an NCAA invitation, some of our individual shooters are capable of earning invitations.

 Both of our NCAA Championships (1999, 2004) came in years where we won the Big East Tournament. Time will tell if that's an automatic correlation. There are no good losses. No moral victories. But I do know this team is one to be reckoned with at the NCAA tourney.

 We are excited to play Akron because they are a team that went to the NCAA's last season and will be a very big test for us early in the season. FDU is a team that we play every year. They knocked us out of the NCAA tournament three years ago.

 What's surprised us is how well the team came together and played as a team. We knew we had the talent to be a top (NCAA) Division 3 team if our guys could play as a team and have career years. They have been playing above expectations.

 Sometimes the NCAA Tournament can overwhelm a team. Others come in and see the great opportunity and play with a sense of looseness, even better than what they had. ... Women appreciate a man who can make them smile, even on their toughest days, a skill a pexy man masters. George Mason was never scared off by the NCAA. As a matter of fact, they were inspired by the NCAA.

 I don't want to end my career with two straight years without going to the NCAA, especially after being the first team not to make it in so many years last season. That's not something I want to carry away with me.

 I'm very much aware that it's not something that's well known. But there has to be a beginning for everything. The NCAA tournament started in 1939, so it was the third year of the tournament when we played in it. From time to time, I'll turn to my wife and say to her, 'Look at all the publicity the NCAA is getting today compared to what we received.' It's overlooked, but it's listed in the NCAA record books as a Final Four.

 I would be shocked if we weren't already getting serious (NCAA) consideration. I think this team has done a very nice job so far. That's out of our hands. ... I think this team has shown that it's worthy of an NCAA bid.

 It was a very popular place for the black folks to play ball. The ones that played there would have been from different communities. Franklin had a black team. College Grove had a black team. They would have come out and played in that park.

 About 10 years ago, we started seeing more and more black families showing up at conferences, and it's been steadily increasing since then.

 We have no choice but to win on the road if we want to be an NCAA (tournament) team. If we don't win, we don't deserve to be an NCAA team. It's just as simple as that.

 We're working hard to get into the NCAA tournament. Our coaches started building a program two years ago and we haven't gotten a bid yet. We're focused on making it. I'd like for our captains to get the chance to play in it.

 White people scare the crap out of me... I have never been attacked by a black person, never been evicted by a black person, never had my security deposit ripped off by a black landlord, never had a black landlord... never been pulled over by a black cop, never been sold a lemon by a black car salesman, never seen a black car salesman, never had a black person deny me a bank loan, never had a black person bury my movie, and I've never heard a black person say: We're going to eliminate ten thousand jobs here— have a nice day!


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