A little more history,

Rick Byrd's dad, Ben Byrd, was a legendary sports writer for the Knoxville Journal newspaper.

His sister Kathy was also a great basketball player in her teens. Don't know if she went on to play in college. She is doing well as Interim Vice President of Academic Affairs at Pellissippi State.

Yes, that was a great win for Rick and his Belmont team. I'd never realize that he'd never won in the tourney before last night. Rick has taken his team there many times before, so I wonder if he's never won was caused from always being a lower seeded team and having to play higher seeded teams?

My older brother played basketball with Rick while at Doyle when my brother was a Senior and I believe Rick was a Sophomore.

For several years I'd played on a team with Emmett, Rick's younger brother. Emmett is a high ranking official in NASCAR. So like their father Ben, the three siblings have become very successful in whatever field they've chosen.