FARGO, N.D. (AP) - North Dakota State head basketball coach Saul Phillips and his two predecessors with the Bison are bringing teams to this year’s NCAA Division I tournament.
Not only that, they’re all in the same regional.
Nebraska’s Tim Miles and Creighton’s Greg McDermott both had stints with NDSU before moving on to other programs.
McDermott led the Bison in the 2000-01 season before taking a job at Northern Iowa. Miles coached NDSU from 2001 to 2007 before joining Colorado State.
NDSU, Nebraska and Creighton are in the West Regional. NDSU plays Oklahoma, Nebraska faces Baylor, and Creighton takes on Louisiana-Lafayette in the opening round.
Phillips joked that if he and Miles get a chance to play each other, they will be the first coaches to appear at an NCAA press conference together.
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