ColonialsCorner.com (March 15, 2012)
Reporting live from the first round of the NCAA Tournament at Bridgestone Arena, this article highlighted a bit of personal experience with a basketball coach who had made it to the tournament for the first time.
Prior to his first appearance in the NCAA tournament in 11 seasons as head coach, St. Bonaventure coach Mark Schmidt was relaxed at the podium at Bridgestone Arena on Thursday afternoon. He smiled, leaning toward the reporters sitting below. And as questions were asked, he was candid.
Most of all, the former Robert Morris coach seemed to take the whole moment in.
“We’re playing with house money,” he said in his familiar, heavy New England accent.