Who is Jason Preston? He's the former Piston Powered blogger, of course, and a big Detroit Pistons fan.
He's also the Ohio Bobcats standout point guard and an NBA prospect, and a key reason the Mid-American Conference tournament champion 13-seed Ohio is a popular upset pick Saturday night against 4-seed Virginia at Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana (7:15 p.m., TruTV).
“They are going to be writing a movie on his life,” Ohio coach Jeff Boals told Yahoo Sports recently. “This is the American dream.”
If you don't know his story, here's the cliff notes version:
He grew up a Pistons fan in Orlando in the 2000s, thanks to his mother, rooting for the Chauncey Billups-led Goin' to Work crew — also known as the last Pistons team to win a playoff game (2008).