When a “Cinderella Team" like the Mount makes the Big Dance, the media repercussions are huge. Below is a list of some of the media interviews that the Men’s Basketball Team did during their NCAA Tournament run. Media Interviews for NCAA Tournament John Thompson Show ESPN Radio ESPN News (postgame) Potomac News Virginian Pilot Herb Winchen Show (Birmingham) Glen Clark Show (Phoenix) WBAL (Steve Davis) 3 times WNST Baltimore 620 KTR Phoenix Doc Walker Show (DC) Washington Post Philadelphia Inquirer Courier News Virginian Pilot ESPN Game Day Live Daily Press Newport News Charlotte Observer CBS College Sports Richmond Times Dispatch Winston-Salem Journal WTOP-Radio Jeff Eisenberg (LA Press Enterprise) Sirius Satellite Radio Greensboro News and Record Shawn Shariff Show (Baltimore Radio) Press Box (Baltimore Radio) USA Today From Ceremony Channel 13 Baltimore Channel 25 Hagerstown Channel 11 Baltimore Channel 7 Washington, D.C. Frederick News Post Hanover Evening Sun Carroll County Times From Practices Gettysburg Times Frederick News Post Carroll County Times From Selection Show Comcast Sports Net Channel 25 Hagerstown Baltimore Sun Frederick News Post Hanover Evening Sun Carroll County Times Those Covering the Opening Round Game in Person… Frederick News Post Washington Post Washington Times Baltimore Sun Carroll County Times Gettysburg Times Dayton Daily News Associated Press ESPN.com
Those Covering the First Round Game in Person… Frederick News Post Washington Post Washington Times Baltimore Sun Carroll County Times Gettysburg Times Richmond Times-Dispatch Charlotte Observer Winston-Salem Journal Greensboro News-Record Associated Press ESPN.com After Opening Round Game Live Radio and TV ESPN Radio Live Sporting News Radio Live Fox Sports Radio Live ESPN News Not to mention… Associated Press game stories from Opening Round Game and First Round Game were in the sports page in every newspaper in the country. Not to mention… Three nationally televised games in a row on ESPN 2, ESPN and then CBS. We had two of the best announcing crews in the country. ESPN had Brent Musberger, Steve Lavin and Erin Andrews while CBS had their No. 1 crew of Jim Nantz and Billy Packer. Below are links to just a few of the stories that ran this past March. (some links may no longer be active) WASHINGTON POST UNC Game Story BALTIMORE SUN David Steele Column on Play-In Game UNC Game Story Fan Story from Raleigh Rick Maese Column on NCAA Experience ‘Everything to Gain’ Piety vs. March Madness You Gotta Believe Phelan Belongs in Hall of Fame CARROLL COUNTY TIMES Play-In Positive for MSM Mount Notebook: Shawn Atupem Playing Major Role CHARLOTTE OBSERVER Goode to Go NEWPORT NEWS DAILY PRESS The Climbing Mount GREENSBORO NEWS-RECORD
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