Arizona State baseball returned to the NCAA Tournament on Monday, and coach Tracy Smith shaved off the substantial white beard that made him look like David Letterman after "The Late Show."
The two are related in that ASU is finished with one season and into postseason for the first time in three years.
"There's a symbolic piece to this," said Smith, who at first shaved all but a handlebar mustache to show his players during a team watch party of the NCAA pairings show before going fully clean-shaven. "It's a new season, now let's start a new streak.