March Madness fever is taking off at Robert Morris University as team punches ticket to NCAA Tournament
March Madness fever is taking off at Robert Morris University after the school's basketball team punched its ticket to the NCAA Tournament.
Robert Morris beat Youngstown State 89-78 on Tuesday night in the championship game of the Horizon League tournament and have earned a bid into the NCAA Tournament for the first time in a decade.
The environment on campus for the game was electric with students cheering on their fellow classmates.
"I'm just so proud, you know," said senior student Kendall Funk. "Watching them for four years, it's just so cool to see how hard they've worked and how much work they've put in through the season and just to see that pay off. It makes me so happy."
"Very emotional and very exciting," said junior student Samantha Shahinin. "When I first came into RMU, the football team wasn't that good. Not the best basketball season either. So like, coming in, it was really amazing to see the difference and the growth in our athletic department."
"Coming up, we're going to do a time capsule event for our class," said sophomore student Micah Blackwell. "So it's like the first, kind of like the first in RMU history. And I feel like moments like these, these are moments I want to capture."
"I remember watching and my dad's like 'Wow. They're doing real good this year.," said junior student Bryn Krason. "And I'm like oh yeah, they're doing good. But I never thought I would have a chance to like, every year I make a bracket. I never thought I would actually put like, RMU on the bracket. So now this year I'm putting RMU on the bracket!"
The Colonials now await the fate of Selection Sunday when they'll find out where they're seeded in the NCAA Tournament along with their opponent and when and where they'll play their first-round game.
