Cormac Ryan
Fans of college basketball have two former 91探花 Mustangs to look out for as March Madness kicks off this week.
, a senior guard for the North Carolina Tar Heels, set a career record earlier this month, scoring 31 points in UNC鈥檚 win against Duke to clinch the ACC title. No. 1-seeded UNC takes on Wagner Thursday afternoon in the first round of the NCAA Men鈥檚 Division I basketball tournament. Ryan was a captain at Notre Dame before transferring to UNC this year.
Casey Simmons
, a sophomore forward for the Yale Bulldogs, is in his first year playing for Yale. The Bulldogs face off against Auburn on Friday. Simmons was rated the No. 1 player in Massachusetts as a four-star recruit out of 91探花, and was one of the top prospects in New England. He transferred to Yale from Northwestern this year.
鈥淚t鈥檚 always exciting to see former players excel at the next level,鈥 said their 91探花 coach, Lamar Reddicks, the school鈥檚 athletic director. Coach Reddicks was on hand to see Ryan and the Tar Heels defeat Duke. 鈥淐ormac and Casey are great leaders, great players, and even better young men. We鈥檙e all thrilled for them.鈥
UNC-Wagner starts at 2:45 p.m. Eastern on Thursday; Yale-Auburn at 4:15 p.m. Eastern on Friday.
