Final Four picks - many would say Duke, North Carolina, Maryland, Tennessee, UConn, Stanford or Oklahoma are the favorites. But Middle Tennessee State coach Rick Insell thinks his team could make it there this year.
"His big thing is to not let outsiders bring us down. We hear all the time we're just a mid-major school. Winning the first game in the NCAA tournament is the best we're going to be," freshman guard Jackie Pickel says. "He's trying to tell us that we have the heart that no team has. As long as we believe it, then we don't need anybody else. It's just our attitude that matters."
"His big thing is to not let outsiders bring us down. We hear all the time we're just a mid-major school. Winning the first game in the NCAA tournament is the best we're going to be," freshman guard Jackie Pickel says. "He's trying to tell us that we have the heart that no team has. As long as we believe it, then we don't need anybody else. It's just our attitude that matters."