It's just amazing the following. They are good kids, and you like to see good kids succeed. He sold about 600 commemorative shirts Tuesday morning, and by the end of this week he expects to sell about 5,000 in all. The line at his office practically stretched to the door. The fans feel the same commitment the girls have.
Success breeds success, and success breeds crowds.
This has always been a hotbed for basketball. The SMS sports information department knows the feeling, and for poor Neal Williams and Beau White, the crunch began hours after the team earned its Final Four spot. Williams, left behind with White while the rest of the office traveled with the team, said fans interested in tickets left phone messages beginning at 4 a.m. Tuesday. He had 17 calls to return when he got to work, and that was before newspapers and the likes of CBS and ESPN started to call. It's just one call after another.