And of the 13 programs which already had snared automatic bids for the event, one knew the deepest ache. Eight, after all, had just graced the brackets in 2019, while two had ended three-year hiatuses, one a five-year, another nine, and then came Hofstra of Hempstead on Long Island. Thoughts and tears took turns, and in one thought, he embodied precisely what citizens hope for their college students. “I think it’s kind of, it’s hard for people who don’t get enough exposure and stuff like that,” Buie said. ADBy Thursday just after 4 p.m., after Hofstra had shut its classrooms and taken its mission online, senior guard Connor Klementowicz helped a friend move out of a dormitory.

Source: Washington Post March 13, 2020 22:59 UTC