GREENBORO, North Carolina -- Late in N.C. A&T’s 79-48 loss to Louisville in the NCAA tournament’s second round Thursday, after both teams had pulled their starters in favor of rarely used backups, Aggies coach Cy Alexander pulled guards Lamont Middleton and Jeremy Underwood together for a meeting by the bench.
This is your team now, he told them, and you’ve got some lofty expectations to uphold.
“They have to push all our incoming recruits very, very hard, because they know what it takes to win a championship,” Alexander said. “It’s going to be a plus what we’ve gone through. They understand the level of commitment.
“They’re champions, and they now understand what it takes.”
With seven seniors leaving, Middleton, Underwood and freshman forward Bruce Beckford are the only players returning next year who averaged more than 10 minutes a game for the Aggies this season.
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