On Wednesday, Holy Cross won its first NCAA tournament game since 1953. The Crusaders will face No. 1 seed Oregon in west region.
DAYTON, OHIO — Bill Carmody waited, patiently, without fuss or protest or much of a look on his face at all. When the final horn had sounded on his Holy Cross’s 59–55 win over Southern, earning it the right to move on as a No. 16 seed in the West Regional’s First Round, he had shaken the opponents’ hands and then high-fived assistant coach Freddie Owens. He lingered in the open court as his players exchanged excitement with the school’s pep band, letting out four or five small claps to himself.