OK – they are not as glamorous as the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles.   But #13 La Salle has made their way to the Sweet 16 by their 2 point victory over Ole Miss.  With time winding down, Tyrone Garland makes a tremendous drive to the basket and hit the layup to give the Explorers the win.

Although I will say that it was rather strange that Ole Miss didn’t call a time-out.  They had one remaining – why not set up a last play for the 2.5 seconds.  It probably wouldn’t have mattered since they had to travel the entire court, but the Rebels looked confused on what to do – and they ended up with a horrible last ditch effort to win the game.

Still, if it wasn’t for the amazing story about the Eagles – the #13 seed Explorers would be the Cinderella story.  By the way, it is an interesting side note that the Explorers have now made it 2 of 3 years that a team from the first four games made it to the Sweet 16.  All of us remember the other team that did that continued all the way to the Final Four – Richmond’s own VCU Rams.

Congratulations to the La Salle Explorers!!!!!!