ATLANTA — The look on Nick Dinardi’s face as he ran to the scorer’s table Saturday night said only one word.
“Me?”
Dinardi is a 6-7 senior forward at Loyola-Chicago. He entered college with no intention of playing Division I basketball. He played on the school’s club team until one day two years ago when he was approached by a Ramblers assistant and asked if he wanted to work out with the team, which needed more big bodies at practice. Until Saturday night, Dinardi had played in 11 games for a total of 21 minutes in his college career.