ColumnistBelmont Coach Rick Byrd cheered, of course, Sunday evening when he learned his team had been granted an at-large bid in the NCAA tournament. [NCAA tournament cheat sheet: Bracket tips, upsets and more]“I hope we have a late practice,” he said. The Bruins shot 28 of 53 from the field, pulling away late for the program’s first NCAA tournament victory. “I guess for a long time the missing piece was getting an NCAA tournament win,” Byrd said as midnight approached Tuesday. “Now that’s a question that won’t come up anymore.”Needless to say Byrd would love to double his tournament win total Thursday afternoon.

Source: Washington Post March 20, 2019 18:22 UTC