Campus Commuter--Corry gets early test at Wofford
Wofford basketball coach Mike Young will go to Brazil this week and check out his top recruit from Gaffney High School.
One of the main benefits of Terriers’ trip coming up on Saturday and the 10 practice sessions allowed by the NCAA in conjunction with it is that incoming freshmen are allowed to participate. Young will [...]
Campus Commuter--Young embraced media spotlight
When Mike Young was promoted eight years ago from Wofford basketball assistant to head coach, he told me the one thing he was not looking forward to was media.
“I think the world of you,” he said, “but am not going to want to talk to you all the time.”
Well, …
Not only did he have to [...]
Campus Commuter--Watched the Terriers, nothing else
Want to know how to miss the first round of the NCAA basketball tournament? Go cover a team as a one-man band for a mid-sized newspaper.
I was in Jacksonville, Fla., for two days to follow Wofford and missed everything else that happened on Thursday and Friday. Stunning upsets? Buzzer-beaters? One of the most exciting opening [...]
Campus Commuter--Left behind with his pants down
One player for the Wofford basketball team was left behind when the Terriers exited their NCAA tournament game in Jacksonville, Fla.
Senior captain Corey Godzinski, chosen as one of six players for a random drug test, occupied a back room of the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena in an uncomfortable situation after the Terriers lost an East [...]
Campus Commuter--Former players support Terriers
Byron Fields, a former Wofford basketball player and 2006 graduate, had planned to watch the Terriers’ NCAA tournament game Friday against Wisconsin on television.
“At 6 this morning,” he said, “I rolled over and I was like, ‘I’ve gotta go.’ So I hopped in my car. I didn’t have a ticket or anything. Then somebody gave [...]
Campus Commuter--TV timeouts seemed endless
You might not realize it unless you are there in the arena, but TV timeouts during the NCAA tournament can be absolute momentum-killers.
During the regular season, most commercial breaks are 90 seconds. These things were two and a half or three minutes and seemed even longer Friday in Wofford’s 53-49 loss to Wisconsin at the [...]
Campus Commuter--Commish: Wofford sets example
Wofford making the NCAA men’s basketball tournament should be inspirational to all Southern Conferenece schools, the commissioner said.
“It’s great for the conference in a lot of ways, obviously,” John Iamarino said Thursday in Jacksonville, Fla. “But what I like about it is any school in our league can say, ‘You know what? If Wofford can [...]
--Rundles happy for his former team
Wofford basketball player Cameron Rundles, a transfer from Montana, will be keeping up with his former teammates when they play Thursday night as the No. 14 seed of the NCAA tournament’s East Regional in San Jose, Calif., against No. 3 New Mexico.
“I’ve talked to a couple of guys there,” Rundles said. “They tell me they’re [...]
Campus Commuter--Terriers grateful for turnout
Wofford basketball players said they were surprised to see so many people at Monday’s rally in downtown Spartanburg to celebrate the Terriers’ trip to the NCAA tournament. An crowd estimated at more than 1,000 packed Morgan Square.
“That was great,” junior forward Noah Dahlman said. “We’ve never had anything like that before at Wofford like big-time [...]
Campus Commuter--Young tones down confidence
Wofford head basketball coach Mike Young tried to temper the enthusiasm of his players during a national conference call on Monday.
Upon learning Sunday night of their No. 13 seed in the East Regional of the NCAA tournament and first-round matchup against No. 4 Wisconsin, the Terriers expressed confidence that they could pull off an upset. [...]