A QUICK LOOK BACK

Back here at the Civic Center for the second of the Hispanic College Fund Classic’s three days. Here’s some quick extra notes from last night that went unmentioned in my coverage in the paper and this site.

Jim Calhoun was in a pretty good mood in his postgame press conference, which began with some humor. After starting by saying he’d keep things short because the reporters were all on deadline, he then elaborated on his desire to be quick.
“And we’ve got to meet about Fairfield,” the coach said drawing laughs. “That’s closer to the truth.”
When the topic of playing the Stags came up, Calhoun also pointed out something many of the reporters had been talking about earlier. Like most of us, he enjoyed the close finish in Fairfield’s loss to Mississippi.
“A heck of a game by the way,” Calhoun said. “Unfortunately, there weren’t that many people to see it except for you and me, really.”