Of the 22 Private Schools in the tournament, the Religious affiliation of these breaks down like this:
- Non-Sectarian - 10 (USC, Miami, Yale, Butler, Duke, Fairleigh Dickinson,Syrcause, Vanderbilt, Hampton)
- Baptist -1 (Baylor)
- Presbyterian - 1 (Tulsa)
As of this writing 7 of these 21 schools are left: Miami, Duke, Syracuse, Notre Dame, Gonzaga, and Villanova
Of the nine Catholic Schools three of were founded by the Jesuits: Xavier, Gonzaga, Saint Joseph's.
McGowanMania once attended a session at Marquette University and one of the Priests gave the following definition of a Jesuit college, "A Jesuit College is quite simply a Catholic College that has a good basketball team"
No comments:
Post a Comment