The wide-open look was so clean, just a few feet away from Steven Smyth, a shot that had it gone in, would’ve been One Shining Moment-worthy on Day 1. But the 3-point attempt fell short, suddenly ending a special season for New Mexico State, but there was no time for Smyth or his group to bow their heads. The one point loss was a bummer, no doubt. But Smyth’s band played on. They had to.
One of the band’s sousaphonists wore a NCAA Final Four cap, signifying just how lofty these dreams are the first week of March Madness, and how they go so far beyond the student-athletes on various courts around the country.