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Article: La Salle meets North Carolina-Wilmington.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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- November 16, 2000
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PHILADELPHIA _ La Salle's Victor Thomas is tired of the losing, tired of the spotty play. He is more tired of switching on his television in March to see a team that the Explorers played during the regular season compete in the NCAA tournament.
"It's crazy watching it because you see teams that you played and say, `Man, we could have beaten them. How come we're not there?' " the 6-foot-7 senior forward said earlier this week. "We played Butler last year, and they went to the tournament and almost beat Florida. Watching on TV is like torture, like `Aw, man, what did I do wrong?'
"If we can make it this season, even if it's not the NCAAs but the NIT, it ...