When Winthrop and Radford roll out the ball Tuesday morning at the Big South tournament in Conway, S.C. — just a stone’s throw from Myrtle Beach — the postseason march will begin, complete with stops in Austin, Arlington and, ultimately, Atlanta.
The beauty, and curse, of college basketball is that no matter how badly a team’s season has gone, it can be salvaged by lighting it up for one week in March. Win your conference tournament, and you earn an automatic bid to the Big Dance, which visits the Erwin Center for second- and third-round games.
We invite you to experience total access to our subscriber website, MyStatesman.com. Any story marked with a means it is premium content — and it continues on the all-new site. Premium stories, plus all the news from the printed edition of the paper, are included. Until June 11, you can enjoy a free preview of all the premium content on MyStatesman.com.
If you are a subscriber to the Austin American-Statesman, you already have total access to MyStatesman.com. Just register your account here for uninterrupted access, included in your subscription.
If you see a great singer-songwriter around town, let us know! If you ARE a great singer-songwriter, send us your demo and we may ask you to play in front of thousands at one of our free concerts or even play your song on Sunday Morning Acoustic!
.
Portions of Content Provided by Rovi
Corporation. © 2012 Rovi Corporation
You're Almost Done!
Select a display name and password
{* #socialRegistrationForm *} {* socialRegistration_displayName *} {* socialRegistration_emailAddress *} {* traditionalRegistration_password *} {* traditionalRegistration_passwordConfirm *}Tell us about yourself
{* registration_firstName *} {* registration_lastName *} {* registration_postalZip *} {* registration_birthday *} {* registration_gender *} {* agreeToTerms *}