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Article: DIVISION II: OLD COLLEGE TRY SCHOOLS PLAY BALL WITHOUT FANFARE.(SPORTS)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- March 16, 1999
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Byline: MARK SINGELAIS Staff writer
Division II college basketball isn't about 7-foot centers leaving early for the NBA draft or 6-4 point guards throwing down emphatic dunks.
Division II basketball isn't going to attract 40,000 people to an arena, like the Division I Final Four did last year in San Antonio. You won't see Division II basketball on national television, with the exception of this Saturday's national championship game on CBS.
``Division II basketball is about taking unfinished products and trying to finish them,'' said College of Saint Rose men's basketball coach Brian Beaury, whose team will play Truman State (Mo.) in a national ...