Earl Austin Jr: Area players in the Big Dance

Area players in the Big Dance
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Earl  Austin on 16/03/2010 15:34:00
 
Sophomore guard Scott Suggs (Washington, Mo.) is a reserve guard for the
Washington Huskies, who were the Pac 10 tournament champions and the No. 11 seed
in the East Regional.
Redshirt freshman guard Anthony James (Normandy) is a reserve guard for Northern
Iowa, which won the Missouri Valley Conference regular season and postseason
tournament titles. James enjoyed an excellent MVC Tournament in his home town of
St. Louis. UNI is the No. 9 seed in the Midwest Regional.
Junior center Josh Harrellson (St. Charles High) is a reserve for the powerful
Kentucky Wildcats team that is the No. 1 seed in the East Regional.
Freshman Bryant Allen (Maplewood) is a reserve guard for the University of
Minnesota, which is the No. 11 seed in the West Regional. Allen joined the
basketball team in February after playing wide receiver for the Golden Gophers
football team that played in a bowl game this season.
Junior Lucas O’Rear of nearby Nashville, Ill. is the ace sixth man of the
Northern Iowa Panthers. He was voted the Sixth Man of the Year in the Missouri
Valley Conference for the second consecutive year.
Also, former Saint Louis University coaches Lorenzo Romar and Randy Bennett have
led their respective teams to the NCAA Tournament. Romar, who was the head coach
at SLU from 2000-2002, has his Washington Huskies in the NCAA field after
winning the Pac 10 Tournament. Bennett, who was Romar’s top assistant at SLU,
led St. Mary’s to the NCAA Tournament after winning the West Coast Conference
Tournament with a convincing victory over Gonzaga. St. Mary’s is the No. 10
seed in the South Regional.
Good luck to all of these gentlemen in their pursuit of their “One Shining
Moment.”