Daily News | The path to Swarthmore hoops is a path to the Final Four
The path to the basket was as convoluted as his path to the school. Michael Caprise appeared to be a screener, a built-in feature on a play that sent Swarthmore to the NCAA Division III final. The play was new, just recently installed.
Caprise’s work, not done. No timeout, no celebrating. At the other end, the ball quickly ended up on his side. Caprise was the last line of Swarthmore defense. He cut off the ballhandler’s path. When Nichols never got a shot up, Swarthmore’s student section spilled out onto the court to meet Caprise and his teammates, an instant mob scene. Final on Saturday night: Swarthmore 78, Nichols 77.
Caprise said he got up to this area visiting with his friend, and said he was planning on going on Haverford’s regular admissions tour. “But they were closed one day,” Caprise said. “It turns out one of the old assistants here went to my high school and had talked at my high school my freshman year, which my mom had remembered. Which is super convoluted. She said, ‘There’s this other similar place nearby.
Caprise had just put up 18 points and 11 rebounds in 27 minutes against Keene State in the Sweet 16. There are some off-beat Swarthmore origin stories. George Corzine, a 6-7 senior, often splits post duties with Caprise. Corzine originally was recruited to play tennis at Swarthmore. But he tried out for the basketball team, made it, sat for a couple of seasons, then became indispensable.
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