ELIZABETH CITY, North Carolina - Even though Elizabeth City State was not playing in the NCAA basketball tournament, the Vikings got a boost when the CBS broadcast team mentioned ECSU.Early in Norfolk State’s loss to Florida in the third round of the NCAA basketball tournament Sunday, Craig Sager brought up its November defeat by the Division II Vikings, a game in which the Spartans committed 34 turnovers.
“Yesterday, I got about 50 calls saying, ‘They’re talking about you on CBS,’” said ECSU coach Shawn Walker, whose team beat Norfolk State 69-57 in Norfolk on Nov. 30.
“That made me feel good,” said ECSU junior guard Quintin Spady, a Norfolk native.
The exposure Norfolk State received after upsetting second-seeded Missouri on Friday in the second round of the NCAA tournament also shined the light on the Vikings. And Walker, who is currently on a recruiting trip, will definitely ...
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