The New York Times (March 17) – The stunning victory by the University of Maryland, Baltimore County over the University of Virginia on Friday night – the biggest upset ever in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament – catapulted a school whose competitive claim to fame had long been chess into sports history. President Freeman A. Hrabowski III, who received a Ph.D. from the U. of I., has created a school that is better known for producing the most African-American students who go on to complete combined master and doctoral degree programs than it is for turning out professional athletes.
