BUFFALO, N.Y. — The players and coaches of New Mexico State went their separate ways in a sense after the team’s historic NCAA Tournament win against Connecticut on Thursday.
You can bet that the players set personal records for texts received within a few hours, as their friends and family reacted to the No. 12-seeded Aggies beating No. 5 UConn. NM State’s Johnny McCants might have led the team in that category, since he has the advantage of growing up in Las Cruces and is something of a “favorite son.”
“I saw a bunch of videos of restaurants, with everybody cheering for the Aggies,” he said.