First TIME EVER to post  on D III Hoops.  I want to make clear that the experience UMHB Basketball had in Salem was excellent,  The people there were GREAT!  Their organizational structure is extremely effective, they are good, very good, at administering basketball tournaments.  I certainly did not mean to cast any doubt whatsoever on the great job the people of Salem do hosting the D III Final Four by saying that we need to keep the Final 2 playing at the D I Final Four site.  My comments were strictly based on the Final 4 being the grandest of basketball stages and the fact that the UMHB experience was remarkable from the NCAA staff to the Atlanta hosts.  At no point did I mean that Salem should be out of the picture.  I apologize for not making the point clear but the time for the losing coach in the NCAA press conference is not exactly unlimited.

As for being the only Texas team to make it to the final game, it is and will be hard for it to happen very often since we (Texas teams) always play each other in the 1st and 2nd rounds.  Until we are put in different parts of the bracket (eliminate the Texas POD), where Texas teams can advance without eliminating each other so early, it will be a very hard road becasue only 1 can survive for tournament advancement.