Coach Tinkle isn't the only coach playing in the Elite 8 with Montana ties. Kelvin Sampson, the head coach of the Houston Cougars, used to coach at Montana Tech in Butte. And the two Montana-connected coaches will now face each other Monday night.
A former superstar athlete from Billings is leading his college team into the "Sweet 16" of the men's NCAA basketball tournament, and now they're only 2 wins away from the Final Four.
Wait a minute, I said to him. Do you mean to tell me that the NCAA gave the men the best equipment they could find, and they basically told the women's teams to go play with Barbies?
According to the press release, "only essential staff and limited family" will be allowed to attend the upcoming Division I Men's and Women's basketball tournament.
Montana made the bracket. The University of Montana Grizzlies made it into the NCAA March Madness tournament, according to the brackets posted by NCAA March Madness on Facebook Sunday.
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