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The Wagner College Seahawks men’s basketball team embodies the spirit of the NCAA’s March Madness. With a roster depleted by injuries, the Seahawks, led by head coach Donald Copeland, upset favorite Merrimack by 54-47 on Tuesday night to win the Northeast Conference Tournament and earn an automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament field of 68.
Using a shortened rotation of seven players by necessity, 6-5 junior guard Tahron Allen, a transfer from Monmouth College and former standout for Brooklyn Collegiate High School, scored a game best 22 points and added seven rebounds to help lift the Seahawks to their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2003 and second in the program’s history.
“Let me say this, let me tell you guys this,” Copeland said to his team in the locker room after the victory, “I didn’t need to win this game or do what we just did to be proud of you guys. I want you to understand that. I didn’t need the results of this right now.”
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