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Montana State’s clarinet player is the early March Madness breakout star

CLARINET GUY!!!

During Wednesday night’s First Four matchup between Grambling State and Montana State for a 16 seed, a star emerged, and he plays the clarinet.

An incredibly animated clarinet player in the Montana State turned into one of the early social media favorites of this year’s March Madness.

Really, this college musician, sporting long hair and a beard, gave it 110-percent while he was playing the clarinet in the stands with his bandmates.

It was an inspired performance that the broadcast couldn’t cut away from, one that instantly went viral for how passionate this clarinet player was for his March Madness set.

We like to think Squidward from SpongeBob SquarePants would be proud to see someone embrace playing the clarinet in such a glorious way.

Win or lose for Montana State, college basketball fans couldn’t get enough of clarinet guy, who will be one of the definitive highlights of this year’s NCAA tournament.

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Utah State Basketball: Danny Sprinkle Earns 100th Career Victory Tuesday Night

Utah State Basketball: Danny Sprinkle Earns 100th Career Victory Tuesday Night Coach Sprinkle has continued his winning ways in Logan. Contact/Follow @HardwoodTalk & @MWCwire First year Head Coach Danny Sprinkle earns 100th career victory, nineteen …

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Utah State Basketball: Danny Sprinkle Earns 100th Career Victory Tuesday Night

Coach Sprinkle has continued his winning ways in Logan.

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First year Head Coach Danny Sprinkle earns 100th career victory, nineteen earned in Logan.

No. 17 Utah State is riding a three game winning streak after their 82-61 win over visiting San Jose State. The win added to the Aggies momentum after a visit to New Mexico ended a then fifteen game winning streak which garnered the program attention regionally & would eventually lead to national recognition.

The recognition is warranted, given the fact that a first year head coach coming from a different level of basketball having success almost immediately is usually unheard of. But Danny Sprinkle is doing it. Doing it with an entirely new roster & no returners from last season, also unheard of even in this day and age.

Tuesday night’s home win before the Aggies head on the road to what everyone in the conference knows is a hard place to win, Viejas Arena. Though that’s days away, plenty of days to plan, prepare & rest. But also days to celebrate. Celebrating Danny Sprinkle’s 100th career win as a head coach in just four and a half short seasons.

The former Montana State standout was given the job back in the spring of 2019. The former Bobcat player spent four years at the helm in Bozeman. Starting off a tad bumpy in an industry navigating covid-19 like every else.

Coach Sprinkle turned things around in year three and four, posting 25+ wins, 1 regular season championship, 2 conference tournament championships & back-to-back NCAA Tournament berths.

The 47 year-old year old Sprinkle turned those results & a near upset of No. 3 seeded Kansas State last March into a job offer from one of the Mountain West’s most underrated jobs.

Since being named the head man at Utah State, a job that has seen their last two head coaches poached for other opportunities, Sprinkle continues to shine. With his Aggies picked to finish 9th in the Mountain West back in October, Utah State

Utah State is 18-2 (7-1) on the year with rankings of 22nd (NET) & 31st (KenPom), four consecutive weeks in the AP Top 25 & are in sole possession of first place in one of the more competitive iterations of the Mountain West in recent memory.

For now the future looks bright in Logan. Even though a job offer from a high major conference seems likely down the road. Aggie fans can enjoy the Magic Danny Sprinkle and company have brought with them from Bozeman.

Larry Muniz covers college basketball as a writer for Mountain West Wire and WAC Hoops Digest. Also as a co-host of the college basketball podcast “Hoops Talk W/Jay & Larry”. He is also a USWBA Member.

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Could Texas and these teams be on upset alert?

We look at some of the most dangerous potential Round of 64 upsets.

March Madness is underway in Dayton, Ohio with two Tuesday play-in games. They call it madness for the upsets that are about to ensue.

A handful of schools have put themselves on the map in recent seasons. Miami head coach Jim Laranaga made the George Mason Patriots famous in a Final Four run as a No. 11 seed in 2006. Shaka Smart took his No. 12 seeded VCU Rams as far a few years later.

The more shocking upsets come from higher seeds. Last season, St. Peter’s made history as the first No. 15 seed to reach the Elite 8. Before they could start the run, the Peacocks had to get past No. 2 seeded Kentucky.

While the Longhorns could fall prey to No. 15 seed Colgate, I wouldn’t anticipate Texas to lose. The most likely upsets usually occur with teams ranked between No. 9 and No. 13 seeds. Let’s look at some of the teams who can pull off potential upsets.

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