Edition 63, Issue 9 Wednesday, March 20, 2019
thenortherner.com @northernermedia Page 3 Answering your March Madness questions
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NCAA 2019 March Madness Bracket
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Kings of the Horizon: Norse victorious over Wright State
Norse MBB heading to March Madness for second time in 3 years PHOTO BY COLIN JOHNSON
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BUTTERFLIES OF ECUADOR | KROHN CONSERVATORY | $10 | 10 A.M. Spring has arrived, and with it arrives Krohn Conservatory’s annual butterfly show. This year, visitors can flutter down to Eden Park to witness 12,000 butterflies flying throughout the gardens of the conservatory. The theme of this year is “Ecuador,” which is referred to as “four worlds in one,” represented by the four different climates of the Amazons, Andes, Coast and the Galapagos Islands. KELLY CLARKSON: MEANING OF LIFE TOUR | US BANK ARENA | $29+ | 7 P.M. Grammy-award winning singer Kelly Clarkson will be stopping at US Bank Arena for her newest tour. The global superstar and judge of hit reality show “The Voice” will be performing her expansive catalog of hits, along with duets performed with Season 14 “Voice” winner Brynn Cartelli. Tickets are available on Ticketmaster now. Don’t miss this tour—your life would suck without it. ANIMATIC CON | HOLIDAY INN EASTGATE | $10+ If you’re an anime or cosplay fan, get ready to power up and head to Eastgate for the fourth annual Animatic Con. The convention promises lots of cosplay, anime programming and “nonstop fun”. Voice actors Josh Martin and Chris Rager, who play Majin Buu and Mr. Satan respectively in worldwide phenomenon “Dragonball Z,” will be in attendance. All the proceeds from the convention will go to Cincinnati-based charity Families with ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder).
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What you missed at SGA March 18
Billy Keeney COPY EDITOR
Minority health counseling resolution passes Senator Jontay Brown presented the second reading of his resolution asking the university to “provide preemptive, adequate and effective health counseling services to minority students.” According to Brown, this resolution isn’t just about people of color, but all minorities at NKU—including those who identify under the LGBTQ+ umbrella. After going through corrections with Chief of Staff Jake Anderson, a vote was called on Brown’s resolution and it passed unanimously. Steely Library’s budget concerns Associate Dean of Steely Library Lois Schultz went over some of her concerns about the budget allocated to the library’s resources. In 2005, Steely has had to cancel access to a few very expensive journals in response to journals and databases increasing in price somewhere between six and eight percent a year. With the money saved, Steely was able to start the Source Finder program—which has “kept [them] out of this dark situation until now,” according to Schultz. However, in the last three to four years, Steely has started
cutting services. Their budget hasn’t increased since the 2015-2016 school year; at the same time, 25 to 50 percent of the budget is in continuing cost items that go up in price every year. Alumni Association Emma Walker, associate director of alumni engagement for NKU’s Alumni Association, gave a presentation during Monday’s SGA meeting to elaborate on some of the services offered by the Alumni Association. According to Walker, a main goal of the association is “making sure people have opportunities to be engaged.” She then shared how SGA can be involved through volunteering at alumni events, such as the Alumni Awards Dinner—a signature event for the association, as well as engaging with alumni through legislative involvement and “informing them of your great work.” Walker also shared her plans for a 2021 SGA reunion, as well as the possibility of planning other reunions for additional student organizations. Student Government Association meets at 3:30 p.m. Mondays in SU 104.
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March Madness: Questions you’re too scared to ask your sports fan friends Sam Rosenstiel EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Wait—why is the basketball team going dancing? Why is Northern Kentucky considered the “West” region? We’re playing in Oklahoma? NKU is set for its second March Madness in three seasons this Friday, but if you’re not a regular college hoops fan, you probably have some questions before the first-round game. Who will NKU play in the first round of March Madness? NKU, a 14-seed, will play the 3-seed Texas Tech Red Raiders on March 22 at 1:30 p.m. That match will be played in Tulsa’s Bank of Oklahoma Center, but you can find the game on TNT and streaming on fuboTV. 14-seed? Is that good? Seeds are ranks for teams based on season performance, difficulty of schedule and other factors. There are 16 teams to a region, so the Norse rank near the bottom of the West. It’s one step up from their last appearance in the 2017 tournament, where the Norse (then a 15-seed) faced the then 2-seed Kentucky Wildcats. Kentucky advanced after defeating the Norse 79-70. But seeds are not the ultimate indicator of team success. In the past, only twenty-one 14-seeded teams have defeated a 3-seed to advance to the second round; two 14-seeds have advanced to the Sweet Sixteen (Chattanooga beat Illinois in 1997 and Cleveland State beat St. Joseph’s in 1986). No 14-seed has advanced past the Sweet Sixteen, let alone won an NCAA national championship. Who seeds?
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That’s the 10-person NCAA Selection Committee, made up of administrators and coaches elected to set terms. The seeds also determine how hard the first matches are for highlyranked teams, so in theory, the best teams are rewarded with an easy first round. The 1-seeds play the 16-seeds, 2-seeds play the 15-seeds, and so on.
Men’s basketball players celebrate as they learn their spot in the West region of the NCAA Tournament on Selection Sunday 2019. PHOTO BY COLIN JOHNSON
What happens if beats Texas Tech?
NKU which had the team set in the South or Midwest regions. In 2017, the Norse were placed in the South region. First, Arizona State and St. John’s The NCAA Selection Committee square up in a First Four match on assigns each team a region in March 20. The winner of that game the tournament based loosely on plays the 6-seed Buffalo, and the geography, as well as quality of the winner of that match plays NKU in team and other teams in the region. the second round. ‘Cinderella?’ The match between Buffalo and ‘Dancing?’ Arizona State/St. John’s is set for What are they talking March 22, on March 22 at 3:50 p.m. about? on TNT and fuboTV, immediately following the NKU v. Texas Tech There are a few terms sportscasters, players and coaches use to describe match. If the Norse make it to the second the game that might be unfamiliar to round (which would be the farthest casual fans. NKU has ever made it in the The tournament itself is known tournament), they would play again as the “Big Dance,” so a team who receives a tournament bid is “going in Tulsa on March 24. dancing.” The NCAA Tournament Why is NKU in the ‘West’ has been called March Madness since 1939 because—well, take a guess. region? “Cinderella” refers to a team that Placing NKU in the West was a performs far beyond expectations (that move that defied early projections, could be NKU). A “bracket buster” or
Where to watch NKU in NCAA March Madness
Campus Watch Party NKU Student Union 102 Doors 1 p.m.
“spoiler” often follows the nickname, especially when a Final Four favorite gets knocked out (or spoiled) by an unlikely, low-seeded team. What is March Madness? Officially known as the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, it’s seven rounds of games that narrow 68 teams down to the Sweet Sixteen, Elite Eight, Final Four and the NCAA Championship. Thirty-two conferences receive automatic bids, awarded to teams that win league championships. NKU received its automatic bid after they won the Horizon League Championship against Wright State on March 12. The NCAA Tournament turns 80 years old in 2019, growing from an 8-team single-elimination tournament to a nationwide phenonmenon including 68 college teams.
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NKU men’s basketball team celebrates their victory over Wright State on March 12 in Detroit.
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NKU men’s basketball team are the 2019 Horizon League Men’s Basketball Champions after a 77-66 win over the Wright State Raiders at Detroit’s Little Caesars Arena on March 12. NKU’s postseason continues with a record of 26-8, and they end conference play with a record of 14-5. The Raiders season ended with an overall record of 21-13 and 13-6 in the conference. ADVERTISEMENT
Five players on the NKU men’s basketball team scored double-digits for the game, led by redshirt sophomore Jalen Tate with 17 points and 5 rebounds. Junior forward Dantez Walton and grad student Zaynah Robinson had 15 points apiece. Senior forward Drew McDonald added 13 points and 8 rebounds. Sharpe rounded out the top scorers with 11 points, 2-of-4 from behind the arc.
The Norse came ready to play. Tate opened the game with a three-point basket. The Norse took a 10-2 run to put them up 13-4 early in the game. Robinson pulled up for a three from the top of the key to bring the Norse to 21 points. The Raiders answered back to bring the score to 21-10. McDonald gained his second foul with 5:36 minutes left in play. Redshirt sophomore forward Silas Adheke subbed in and scored a putback for two points to bring the score to 40-24. With under 1:00 left in the half, the Norse gained an offensive possession and Robinson laid it in for two. The Raiders junior guard Cole Gentry was able to sink a three-pointer with 0:07 seconds left. The Norse went into the half up 44-34. “Starting off in the first half was a great feeling,” Tate said. “Just knowing that we could get [defensive] stops. The way we work, it could obviously translate to the offense … shots were going in.” The Norse continued the defensive hustle and kept Wright State under 44 percent from the field for the half. NKU gained the largest lead of the half with 18 points. Robinson’s shooting was perfect from the field and behind the arc with 11 points. The Norse shot 70 percent from the three-point line and held the Raiders to 30 percent. “We came out with intense energy we made everything hard on them,” Sharpe said. “I thought we took very good shots and I thought we got the ball moving a lot. Which, when we do that we’re tough to stop offensively and so that led right into [Zaynah] coming off the bench and giving us a quick spark.” McDonald opened up the second half
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for the Norse with a layup and a trip to the line to bring the score to 47-35. Tate had a big block on defense that turned into an offensive possession where McDonald drained a three-pointer. With under 15:00 minutes left of play, Tyler Sharpe hit a three-point bucket to put the Norse up 53-37. Freshman guard Trevon Faulkner made a basket and was fouled with 3:20 left in play. He did not convert the free throw. With 1:58 left in the game, Wright State fouled Tate sending him to the line to hit one. With 15 seconds left the Norse sealed the win of 77-66. The Black and Gold ended the game shooting 50.9 percent from the field and 57.1 percent from behind the arc, while holding the Raiders to 37.5 percent from the field and 29.2 percent from the threepoint line. NKU had 11 assists on the night where the Raiders only had 3. This will mark their second appearance at the Big Dance in three years. In 2017, in the school’s first NCAA tourney appearance of the Division I era, NKU fell to University of Kentucky 79-70. But this time, McDonald said, it’s less of a gift and more of an opportunity to earn a March Madness win, which would be the first in team history. “We’re going to enjoy it, but we’re going to get right back to work here soon,” McDonald said. “We’re not done yet. We have more to accomplish and we’ve been there once. “And the only way to build on it—we like to build on our program—is to win one game then win two and then play the second weekend and keep going forward.”
NKU faces Texas Tech in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Friday, March 22 at 1:30 p.m. Follow @northernersport for live updates, and watch the game on TNT.
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D2019 a d a ,CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS Bluford win SGA presidential election Clockwise from right: Head Coach John Brannen cuts down the net following the Horizon League Championship game. Members of the NKU Dance Team cheer on the Norse. The NKU men’s basketball team mugs for the cameras after their championship victory. Coach Brannen celebrates as the game clock runs out. NKU President Ashish Vaidya lies down on the court to celebrate the Norse win. Before the match, NKU players stand for the national anthem.
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The NKU Norse men’s basketball team secured an automatic bid in the 2019 NCAA tournament by winning the Horizon League Championship over the number-one-seeded Wright State Raiders.
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