The best college basketball Cinderella story you won’t hear about in March
New York TimesST. PAUL, Minn. — Doors open for Beach Night with a feels-like temperature of 7 degrees and purple aloha shirts for the first 250 students through — a true commitment to the bit. “I mean, there was an element of like, OK, this is where we’ve been for 100 years,” Tauer says, “and there aren’t logical solutions.” So they went with the beanstalk ride into the sky. “I am absolutely blown away that, in Year 4, we’re going to be playing in arguably one of the best arenas in the Midwest for our level — or any level,” says Tommies associate head coach Mike Maker, who previously ran programs in both Division I and Division III. “There’s not another school that has this,” says Cory Chapman, St. Thomas’ deputy athletic director for internal development. “I’ve said I think this is the coolest story in college basketball,” Tauer says.
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