Author: Bill Kintner

Tournament Time: Top Ten Excuses for Skipping Work

It is that time of the year again, the first two days of the NCAA Tournament where they inconveniently schedule games during business hours on Thursday and Friday. For some employees catching the games is as simple as taking a paid day off or doing what I used to do, schedule an out of town business trip to allow you to take care of some important business like watching college hoops.

Butler Holds Off Wright State, Cleveland State Upsets Green Bay

The free throws were the difference in this game. But the Raiders fought until the end to catch Butler and the Bulldogs worked very hard to keep the Raiders, at bay . There was no quit in either team. With 15 seconds left Wright State’s Todd Brown got the ball with a chance to tie the game at 59 points, faked, got his defender in the air, then got off a shot, but it never even found iron and Butler held on to make it to the final championship game.

Sights and Sounds at the Horizon League Tournament

Hinkle Fieldhouse is known for the venue where the big game in the movie Hoosiers was played but this court and fieldhouse has seen all kinds of history. For starters almost every major player from the Midwest has played here. Oscar Robertson played high school games here, Steve Alford once scored 50 points in a high school game at Hinkle. Cazzie Russell came in with Michigan to play Butler. You can’t forget Larry Bird playing here in high school and college. Maybe the most amazing thing is they still use the original court.