Buckley: Longwood’s coach is easy to root for. Not just because his team is playing Houston in Memphis.
Longwood head coach Griff Aldrich celebrates victory as the time expires during the NCAA Big South Conference championship on March 6, 2022, in Charlotte, N.C. (Rusty Jones/AP file)
Griff Aldrich, whose Lancers are in the NCAA Tournament for the second time in three years, is in Memphis with a story even Houston coach Kelvin Sampson loves.
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Tim Buckley
Tim is a veteran sportswriter who graduated from CBHS in Memphis and the University of Missouri. He previously covered LSU sports in Baton Rouge, and the University of Louisiana football and basketball for The Daily Advertiser/USA TODAY Network in Lafayette, the NBA’s Utah Jazz for the Deseret News in Salt Lake City, the NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning for the St. Petersburg Times in Florida, and West Texas State basketball for the Amarillo Globe News in Texas.
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