Article: Ready to rumble Southwest Texas isn't intimidated

Russell Ponds says he is ready. He's got his bags packed and is eager to head to Wichita, where he and his Southwest Texas State teammates will find a University of Massachusetts team that is just as eager.

The first and second rounds in the NCAA tournament can create strange matchups, which is the most charitable description for tomorrow's Midwest Regional opening-rounder between second-seeded UMass and 15th-seeded Southwest Texas State.

"We don't know a lot about them," said Ponds, a 6-foot senior point guard from Tulsa, Okla., who helped the Bobcats to a 25-6 record and an NCAA berth via their victory in the Southland Conference tournament. "But from reading the scouting reports, they ...

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