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Monday, March 20, 2006
Travel day
We'll spare the details of a night in a flooded Dallas, early morning flights and the slower than slow baggage claims at the Air Tran terminal in Philly.

Nobody wants to hear us whine and even if we thought you did, we are way too tired to write about it tonight.

So just a couple of housekeeping items for today. We'll try to have a more complete update Tuesday morning.

From Bucknell Sports Information:
The Bucknell men’s basketball team concluded its greatest season ever on Sunday with a loss to top-seeded Memphis at the NCAA Tournament, and now plans are in place for a celebration in honor of the Bison team on Tuesday, March 21.

Beginning at 6 p.m., there will be a parade along Market Street in downtown Lewisburg. The parade will wind up at Sojka Pavilion, where there will be a rally beginning at approximately 6:30 p.m. The celebration is free of charge and open to the public.

Among the scheduled guest speakers are Lewisburg mayor Judy Wagner, Pennsylvania Rep. Russ Fairchild (R-Snyder/Union), Bucknell University president Brian C. Mitchell, director of athletics and recreation John Hardt, Bison head coach Pat Flannery and members of the Bucknell team.
Yes, another round of bandwagon jumping by local politicians. Some undoubtedly will need a map to find Sojka, since they haven't been there since this kind of celebration was held last year.

But with Bucknell seniors Charles Lee and Kevin Bettencourt having ended their remarkable Bison careers, any Bucknell fan within a reasonable drive of Lewisburg really ought to come out to give those two the recognition they deserve from the home fans.

Also, by now you have probably rehashed the Bucknell-Memphis game ad nauseum. But here are a few links to stories from today that are not specifically about the game:
  • Bucknell ship will miss captains, from Dave Jones of The Patriot-News
  • The Daily Item's G. Wayne Laepple joined the drowd watching Sunday's game at the Bull Run Inn and The Towne Tavern in Lewisburg. Here is his story.
  • Meanwhile, Daily Item beat writer Tom Housenick was in Dallas, putting together this notebook
  • Seated next to Housenick all weekend was Jake Felix of the Sun-Gazette, who filed this fine retrospective
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