[JJJ]

You may have seen this already since my issue arrives a week late and then I don't read it right away. If not, for your entertainment, or for perspective, or for something to do until Saturday. No hidden message or lesson or agenda in here to our Nerd Nation from me.

Indeed, it’s been easy to treat the team as a joke, as Rick Reilly did in Sports Illustrated nine years ago. (Sample line: “Wouldn't you think just once a ball would bounce off a pocket protector and in for a win?”). Context is important, though. Unlike the Ivies or its Division III opponents, Caltech makes no allowance when admitting athletes. Only a handful of students have the grades (3.8 GPA) and median SAT scores (2230 to 2340) to get in, and only a handful of those happen to be good at basketball.

http://www.si.com/college-basketball/201...r-eslinger

[JJJ]

You may have seen this already since my issue arrives a week late and then I don't read it right away. If not, for your entertainment, or for perspective, or for something to do until Saturday. No hidden message or lesson or agenda in here to our Nerd Nation from me.

Indeed, it’s been easy to treat the team as a joke, as Rick Reilly did in Sports Illustrated nine years ago. (Sample line: “Wouldn't you think just once a ball would bounce off a pocket protector and in for a win?”). Context is important, though. Unlike the Ivies or its Division III opponents, Caltech makes no allowance when admitting athletes. Only a handful of students have the grades (3.8 GPA) and median SAT scores (2230 to 2340) to get in, and only a handful of those happen to be good at basketball.

http://www.si.com/college-basketball/201...r-eslinger