SAN ANTONIO - A few minutes before tipoff, former Michigan State stars Denzel Valentine and Bryn Forbes entered the Alamodome wearing maroon Loyola shirts and took their seats in the middle of the Ramblers' fan section ahead of the team's Final Four game against Michigan.
No, they didn't come to root against their former college rival.
They did it to support a brother and friend.
Denzel's older brother, Drew, is a first-year assistant coach with Loyola. From afar, Denzel watched closely as the Ramblers went on their Cinderella run to the Final Four.
Saddi Washington and Drew Valentine's strangely parallel lives are intersecting at the Final Four