Excerpt from the Dayton Daily News
Youngstown State’s Dwayne Cohill made a statement after the Wright State game Thursday that in other years might have sounded preposterous.
“We’re trying to do something that’s never been done,” the former Dayton guard said. “Youngstown State has never been to the (NCAA) tournament — that’s what we’re trying to do.
“We want to be the first team to do it. We’re trying to make history.”
The Penguins have never finished higher than fourth in the Horizon League and are seeded seventh in the conference tourney.
But in a year that has seen unprecedented balance in the top half of the league, Cohill’s lofty ambitions don’t seem so out of place.
Co-champions Cleveland State and Purdue Fort Wayne both finished 15-6. That’s the most losses for the regular-season winner in league history, which officially goes back to 1979-80.
Third-place Northern Kentucky (14-6) and fourth-place Wright State (15-7) finished a half-game out of first, while Oakland (12-7) and Detroit Mercy (10-7) had just one more loss than the champs.
