The tournament is full of upsets other than the 12-5 and one of our favorites is to take a 10-7 upset. (Actually, a couple of these 10-7s look good this year…) But the main reason you want Creighton over Nevada is maybe we’ll witness Nevada coach Mark Fox going nuts after the game. Fox was almost arrested after losing to Utah State in the WAC tournament.
Quent Pirtle, the police officer who was on security duty for the officials that night said that Fox used “loud, boisterous and profane language toward the officials” and at one point chased an official up a stairwell. Fox also cursed at the officer and that Pirtle considered arresting him on charges of assault on a police office (What?) and a conventional assault charge for harassing the officials but decided to let college officials deal with it.
Fox will not be suspended from Nevada’s game on Friday in the opening round. College basketball is getting so soft. Nobody was talking about arrests when John Chaney threatened to kill John Calipari after a game. And by the looks of it, Chaney actually meant it.
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[SI]: Police: Nevada’s Fox abusive, profane