The vision is a reality. It has been for six months now.
There was Chris Collins, exhausted from having coached three basketball games in the past 72 hours but ecstatic about the announcement that his team was going to the NCAA Tournament. And after the tears and hugs and speech to the fans, he met with the media.
“You don’t get many chances in life to be a part of something historical, something that had never been done,” he said. And he was absolutely right.
But already, the wheels were churning again: “I hope this is just the start of something we can do over the longterm.