NOTE: There will be a pep rally at 3:45 p.m. Wednesday in Millett Hall
before the basketball team boards the bus to St. Louis.  Coach Charles
Coles and players Wally Szczerbiak, Damon Frierson and John Estick will
address fans. Fans are encouraged to bring signs and banners.  CBS Sports
will be at the event.


The Cincinnati Enquirer, Tuesday, March 16
John Dome, wine connoisseur and former Miami University professor who died
in January, has bequeathed $1 million to the Oxford Community Foundation.
And:
Miami University RedHawks head to St. Louis this weekend to play defending
champion Kentucky in Round 3 of the men's NCAA Tournament.  Several hundred
students greeted the team's bus when they arrived in Oxford at 3 a.m.
Monday morning, and a pep rally will be held Wednesday at 3:45 p.m.  Quotes
Wally Szczerbiak, Mike Wolf (sports information director) and RedHawk fans.
Photo of Miami students in line for tickets at Millett Hall.
And:
Sixteen reasons why Miami University is in the Sweet 16.
And:
The school of each men's basketball team receives $170,000 per NCAA
Tournament appearance, and the money is shared by members of the athletic
conference.  "It's a complex formula," Miami University spokesman Richard
Little said. "We don't make any money.  In fact we probably lose some."
Since "the money is averaged out over several years" the money from the
RedHawks's tournament run will have little effect on the future of the four
men's teams targeted for elimination because of Title IX compliance.
And:
A reporter asks about a dozen Miami students waiting to purchase tickets at
Millett if they know how to spell Szczerbiak.
And:
Letter to the editor says "With the likes of Southern Utah, Oakland
College, Southwest Louisiana and NIcholls State as opponents, I find it
ironic that the University of Cincinnati and Coach Bob Huggins cannot find
a spot for Miami University on their schedule and believe that Miami is not
good enough for UC."

Journal-News, Tuesday, March 16
Story about Miami RedHawks going to the Sweet 16 quotes Mary Neisius
(assistant manager, Miami University bookstore) and Miami student J.R.
Jasinski.  Sweet 16 T-shirts and other souvenirs will hit the Oxford
bookstores today.
And:
Editorial says whatever the outcome of Friday's basketball game, the
RedHawks will make us proud.
And:
Listing for two classes for high school juniors at Miami University Hamilton.

Ch. 2 and Ch. 5, Monday, March 15; WVXU and WMUB, Tuesday, March 16
Stories about Miami RedHawks going to the Sweet 16.  Ch. 2 quotes Miami
President James Garland.

Dayton Daily News, Tuesday, March 16
Story about Miami RedHawks making it to the Sweet 16 quotes Miami students
Angela Tatum, Brian Merhar, Melissa Anderson and Lindsey Busdeker.

The Cincinnati Post, Monday, March 15
Caption of front poge photo of Wally Szczerbiak during the Utah game says
Miami will play Kentucky Friday.

Elsewhere in education:

Journal-News, Tuesday, March 16
Story about Gov. Bob Taft's two-year budget says colleges and universities
were promised just over $5 billion for the two years.


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