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If you haven’t checked out Deadspin lately, please do so - Deadspin. Their run up coverage of the NCAA Tournament has been better than stellar. They basically asked an expert fan from each school to share some facts about each team prior to the tournament beginning. here are a couple of my favorites that I thought I would share:

“The (Jackson State) Tigers, also known as the Blue Bengals, last appeared in the NCAA’s in 2000. That year, the school sold more tickets to alumns to attend the Jackson State Alumni Jazz Brunch Hair and Fashion Show than to the NCAA tourney.”

“The (Arkansas Razorbacks) team was originally known as the Arkansas Cardinals until 1909, when football coach Hugo Bezdek declared that his team played like a bunch of “wild band of razorback hogs.” The nickname stuck and became official before the 1910 season.”

“TAMUCC (Texas Agricultre and Mineral Universal Community College) has only been part of the Texas A&M system since 1989.”

“(Wintrop) Having once been an all-girls college, Winthrop stills maintains a 3:1 girl-to-guy ratio.”

“A generous Gonzaga benefactor, (Bing) Crosby was instrumental in the construction of the Crosby Library in 1957, which has since become the Crosby Student Center. Approximately 200 items from the Crosby Collection, including his Oscar for “Going My Way,” gold and platinum records, audio recordings and original manuscripts, are currently on display in the Crosbyana Room. All of the material serves as a reminder to students that even though the Binger left us for the great orange grove in the sky, at Gonzaga, the juice is always orange and the glasses are always tall and cool. No doubt about it.”