JTIII trivia

Yesterday was a day to remember for any Georgetown or Florida fans, but it was also a big day in the history of the Ivy League.

Hoyas coach John Thompson III became just the second man to reach the Final Four with a different team after taking an Ivy League team to the Tournament (Princeton in 2001 and 2004)

The first was Lou Rossini, who led Columbia to the Tournament in 1951, technically pre-Ivy League. Rossini followed that up by taking New York University to the Division I Final Four in 1960.

Thompson will also become the fourth Ivy League grad to coach in the Final Four. Rossini, a Columbia alumnus is one. Butch van Breda Kolff, a Princeton man, who led the Tigers to the 1965 Final Four, is another.

The list of Ivy graduates to coach in the Tournament runs a dozen names long and includes Joe Scott, Fran McCaffery, Craig Littlepage, Dick Harter and the disgraced Dave Bliss (Cornell -- 65).

But none of those guys has reached a Final Four.

The only other one to pull off that feat is arguably one of the most important figures ever to grace the world of college basketball. Any guesses?

Answer to come tomorrow.