Sunday, March 30, 2008

Amazing Support

Davidson College from North Carolina is making a fantastic run in the NCAA basketball tournament. What is more amazing is that almost a third of the students will be at the Regional finals tonight. Here's the story:

More Davidson Students Travel to Detroit for Regional Final

Posted: Mar. 29 9:29 p.m.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Davidson College, which already sprung for more than 350 students to watch the men's basketball team play in the Midwest Regional, is sending an additional 200 students to see if the team can win a spot in the Final Four.

The new group was expected to board buses on Sunday at 3 a.m. to see the Wildcats play Kansas at Ford Field in Detroit at 5 p.m.

Media relations director Bill Giduz told The Charlotte Observer that the school was able to line up the additional buses, and said the students will return home immediately after the game.

The additional bus loads mean that almost a third of Davidson's 1,700 student population will be at the game. Davidson has never advanced to the Final Four, but the Wildcats have upset three teams in the NCAA tournament and have a 25-game winning streak.

Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press

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