While armchair bracketologists begin pretending to understand college basketball and sinking workplace productivity, the Air Force men’s hoops team will be taking a long road trip to begin play Wednesday in an unheralded postseason tournament. After the NCAA selects its 68 teams and the NIT grabs 32, the folks at CollegeInsider.com choose 32 teams for their event, which begins Tuesday and runs through an April 2 title game that will air live on the CBS Sports Network. Home teams reportedly pay about $35,000 for the right to participate, with road teams receiving some money to help cover travel costs. The…
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Three Thursday-afternoon academy sports bits, one per service: 1. Army at Benning, on TV: It’s a little early for Saturday college football, but if you’ve got the itch, scratch it with “Army Spring Football Mission: Fort Benning,” a 60-minute documentary on the Black Knights’ trip to Georgia for a scrimmage at Doughboy Stadium. Catch a short preview here, during which Army head coach Rich Ellerson says the magic words regarding the Benning experience for all Black Knights fans: “It’s going to pay off on Saturdays.” CBS Sports Network will air the doc at 8 p.m. Eastern, according to an Army…
