Go Matadors!
Congratulations to the Cal State Northridge men’s basketball team for winning the Big West Conference Tournament Championship! The win caps an exciting and sometimes turbulent season during which the team also won the conference’s regular season title outright. The tournament championship, of course, also sends the team to the NCAA Division I finals tournament for the second time in the squad’s history.
I had the great pleasure to attend the team’s two games in the Big West tournament, including the championship game. As many who watched know, the game went into overtime, but the team demonstrated the kind of resiliency and determination that has been its hallmark throughout the season to win the game.
As we join together to cheer the team in what is one of the premier athletics events in the country, I think it’s important to remember that the players are not only outstanding competitors, but also Cal State Northridge student athletes who attend classes and work towards degrees. They are to be admired and commended for their hard work and efforts both on the basketball court and in the classroom.
All of us should also take great pride in the attention that these student athletes—along with their coaches and the whole Intercollegiate Athletics program—has brought to Cal State Northridge. Their performance and success reflects on the institution as a whole.
Please join with me in wishing the team great success as it heads into its first round NCAA tournament game against Memphis in Kansas City, Missouri, on Thursday, March 19. Game time is set for 11:25 a.m. Central Time.
Go Matadors!