In the good old days, when they made tires in Akron, one good thing about the rubber workers occasional strikes was that it gave all the mayors of West Virginia towns an opportunity to go home and visit.
Incredibly few D1 basketball programs can brag about the academic excellence of their institutions or their players with a straight face.
(Really old story warning)
As coach of one of the final four teams in the big dance, Al Mcquire was asked why he started Bill Neary instead of Bernard Toone. Al said, "Well, Bill is a straight A student in accounting and with him in the lineup it raises the accum of the starting 5 up to a D - ."
Students at Marquette told me one either had to be a really good student or a really good basketball p[layer to be adnitted.