This was for the little guy. This was for the Princetons, and the Vermonts, and the Lamars, and the schools with the unfamiliar names and losing records who are supposed to just be happy to be in the NCAA Tournament.
This is for Monmouth. Dave Calloway, twice the coach of the Hawks when they were a No. 16 seeded team in this event, was living and dying with each possession as he watched the greatest upset in March Madness history at the Dublin House in Red Bank on Friday night.
His phone started buzzing in the first half, when it was clear that unheralded UMBC was going to give No.