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Epic upset makes long bus ride a journey of joy
FARGO, ND (AP) — A North
Dakota State team consisting mostly of freshmen had plenty of time to revel
in its shocking victory over No. 15 Wisconsin — on a 500-mile bus ride home.
"I've never experienced that
much excitement through eight hours of travel," Bison freshman Ben Woodside
said Sunday, a day after he scored 24 points in a 62-55 victory. "We were
all hyped the whole way home. We could not stop smiling."
The Bison, in the third year
of a five-year NCAA reclassification from Division II to Division I, became
the first non-conference team to win at Wisconsin's Kohl Center in 27 games.
The result made grown men cry,
including NDSU athletic director Gene Taylor and assistant coach Saul
Phillips, who was the Badgers' director of basketball operations from 2002
to 2004.
"Coach Phillips was bawling
like a baby," said Bison guard Mike Nelson, a former high school Mr.
Basketball award winner from Madison, WI, who was not recruited by the
Badgers.
Nelson attended many games at
the Kohl Center while growing up, and said he only saw the Badgers lose one
game.
"It's still hard to imagine,"
Nelson said Sunday. "I woke up this morning and thought it was a dream."
Woodside said no player wanted
to win more than Nelson.
"He had dreamed of playing
there his whole life," Woodside said. "He told me right after the game he
was the happiest man alive right now."
Woodside, a 5-foot-11 guard,
was 11-of-13 from the free throw line. He made 10 straight free throws in
the final 6 minutes, while his teammates went 2-of-11 from the line during
that span.
Woodside, from Albert Lea, MN,
grew up wanting to play for the University of Minnesota.
"I'm feeling good about where
I'm at right now," he said. "This whole thing with this win is just starting
to kick in."
The players received a welcome
reserved for rock stars when they stopped in a Minneapolis restaurant on the
way home. The win was announced over the intercom as the Bison players were
shown to their tables, much to the delight of Minnesota fans in the
building.
"The people in the restaurant
were clapping and cheering for us," Nelson said. "It was amazing. It was the
best day of everybody's life."
School president Joseph
Chapman was among a group of about 50 people to greet the team when it
arrived in Fargo close to midnight. He said it was the most important win in
the school's 116-year history.
Chapman said the timing of the
victory couldn't be better, with the school in the middle of a fundraising
campaign to support various programs and remodel the basketball arena.
Engineering and architecture
are the largest departments at NDSU, a research-oriented university with an
enrollment of 12,000. The school's most accomplished athlete was Phil
Hansen, a defensive lineman who played 11 years for the Buffalo Bills.
"Our phones have just been
ringing off the hook with calls from alumni, fans and friends," Chapman
said. "And people outside the university want to know where these Bison come
from and who they are."
School officials were
criticized when they made the jump to Division I two years ago. The Bison
still don't have a conference and aren't eligible for the NCAA basketball
tournament until 2009. The move caused hard feelings throughout the state,
because it broke up a long rivalry with Division II University of North
Dakota.
"It was a challenging move and
not everyone was on board with it," Taylor said. "But you look at all the
interest throughout the country in this win over Wisconsin. You cannot put a
price on that exposure for the athletic program and the university."
Taylor said the Bison bused to
and from Madison primarily so the redshirt players sitting out the season
could make the trip. Nine of the active players on the roster are freshmen,
six of whom play regularly.
"It gives those redshirt
players a chance to enjoy the experience," Taylor said. "Of course, at the
time, we didn't know it was going to be a win."
C-USA Basketball Standings, Scores & Schedule
(Updated
through Sunday, Jan. 22, 2006)
CONFERENCE USA STANDINGS
TEAM
C-USA ALL
UAB
4-0 14-3
Texas-El Paso
4-0 11-5
Memphis
3-0 17-2
Central Florida
2-1 7-9
Southern Methodist 2-2
9-7
Rice
2-2 8-9
Tulsa
2-2 7-10
Houston
1-3 10-6
Marshall
1-3 7-9
Southern Miss
1-3 7-12
Tulane
1-3 5-11
East Carolina
0-4 6-11
----- SCORES -----
SUNDAY, JAN.
22
No games
scheduled.
SATURDAY,
JAN. 21
Tulane 60, East Carolina 52
Memphis 85, Southern Mississippi 68
UAB 82, Houston 79
Texas-El Paso 53, Marshall 51
Central Florida 45, Tulsa 44
Southern Methodist 80, Rice 69
----- SCHEDULE -----
MONDAY, JAN.
23
No games
scheduled.
TUESDAY,
JAN. 24
Southern
Methodist at Texas-Pan American, 8:30 pm
WEDNESDAY, JAN.
25
Central Florida
at East Carolina, 7 pm
Marshall at West Virginia, 8 pm
Rice at Southern Mississippi, 8 pm
Houston at Tulane, 8 pm
THURSDAY,
JAN. 26
UAB at Memphis,
9 pm
FRIDAY, JAN.
27
No games
scheduled.
SATURDAY,
JAN. 28
Central Florida
at Memphis, 1 pm
Tulsa at East Carolina, 7 pm
Tulane at Rice, 7:05 pm
Marshall at Houston, 8 pm
Southern Mississippi at UAB, 8:30 pm
Southern Methodist at Texas-El Paso, 9:05 pm
SUNDAY, JAN.
29
No games
scheduled.
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