SPORTS. WHAT DO YOU CALL THEM? THE BEACH BOYS. AN ODE TO THE GREAT 1960S BAND IN THE SCHOOL’S LOCATION TO THE BEACH OR CALL THEM PIT BULLS, A REFERENCE TO THEIR RELENTLESS FIGHT FOR YOU. PLAYERS SAY THEY DON’T MIND EITHER NICKNAME. THEY JUST WANT TO BE CALLED NATIONAL CHAMPIONS. COME MONDAY NIGHT FOR YOU, HOLDING THEIR FINAL PRACTICE IN BOCA TODAY. AHEAD OF THEIR DEPARTURE FOR HOUSTON AND THE PROGRAM. FIRST FINAL FOR. FSU HOW THEIR FINAL PRACTICE OF THE SEASON AT BALDWIN ARENA ON TUESDAY. THE NEXT TIME THEY HIT THE COURT, IT WILL BE IN THE ENORMOUS NRG STADIUM IN HOUSTON, HOME TO THIS YEAR’S FINAL FOUR. I WOULD BE SHOCKED IF THERE’S ANY MOMENT THAT’S TOO BIG FOR OUR GUYS BECAUSE THEY’RE GOING TO PUT IN THE WORK. THEY TRUST EACH OTHER AND THE PREPARATION IS IMPECCABLE. A GROUP OF BROTHERS, THE FEW PLAYERS LIKE TO CALL THEMSELVES NO EGO, JUST SUPPORT FOR ONE ANOTHER. I SAY THIS ALL THE TIME, BUT I FEEL LIKE WE’RE THE MOST TOGETHER TEAM IN THE COUNTRY AND THAT’S WHY WE ARE WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. AND I JUST THINK OUR ABILITY TO HOLD EACH OTHER ACCOUNTABLE AND NOT TAKE THINGS PERSONAL GOES A LONG WAY. AND REMEMBER, WHEN YOU WON THOSE FIRST TWO NCAA TOURNAMENT GAMES IN COLUMBUS, THEY FLEW RIGHT TO NEW YORK. SO WHEN THEY RETURNED HOME HERE LAST SUNDAY, IT’S BEEN NICE TO GET REACTION, MADE IT ON CAMPUS, GET A LITTLE REST. RE-ENERGIZE AHEAD OF THE DEPARTURE FOR HOUSTON ON WEDNESDAY. IT WAS NICE TO SLEEP IN OUR OWN BEDS AND USE OUR WASHING MACHINE AND HAVE CLEAN CLOTHES AND NOT WEAR THE SAME THING FOR FOR A MONTH STRAIGHT. AND THE RECEPTION FOR FEW ON CAMPUS AND IN THIS COMMUNITY JUST ADDING TO THE TEAM’S MOTIVATION. 200 300 PEOPLE OUT THERE WAITING WITH THE CAMERA FLASHES AND TAKING PICTURES AND WANT AUTOGRAPHS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. BUT, YOU KNOW, IT MADE US FEEL GOOD, YOU KNOW? IT HELPED US STAY MOTIVATED. AND, YOU KNOW, THE JUST TO SEE THE LOVE FOR THE LOVE AND TO KEEP IT GOING. FOR YOU IN SAN DIEGO STATE TIP OFF SATURDAY. 6:09 P.M. FROM ENERGY STADIUM IN HOUSTON. THAT, OF COURSE, FOLLOWED BY MIAMI AND UCONN SHORTLY BEFORE 9 P.M. FOR EVEN MORE COVERAGE ON THE OWLS AND CANES, JOIN US FOR OUR 30 MINUTE SPECIAL TOMORROW NIGHT, 8:30 P.M. SHAYNE WRIGHT AND I WILL BE BROADCASTING LIVE FROM FEW’S BALDWIN ARENA. LOOKING BACK AT THE ROAD TO THE