A look at one of the 2012 NCAA tournament’s longest long shots:

As the wad of people jumped and swelled at mid-court, Spike Lee strolled out of the gym, chatting with members of the crowd along the way. But as nice as it is to have a celebrity at your games, everyone knew Lee’s presence meant something else. With this win, LIU Brooklyn became New York City’s college team, the only squad from the five boroughs to make it to the tournament. They became a team that meant something.

How a slate of down-to-the-wire games changed the way we watch the NCAA tournament.

He’s funny, charming and loved by many of his former players, but something about the game he adores brings out the worst in the Saint Louis coach:

Something about the body: Is it a weapon? A shield? Or is it just that Majerus, unlike so many in our fit-versus-fat culture, simply doesn’t care about the impact of his physique? He may be the least self-conscious man alive. How else to explain his propensity to get naked—in practice, watching film, at meetings, during interviews? Nearly every former player of Majerus’s has a can-you-believe-it anecdote.

“The first time, [Utah was] recruiting me, and after the game I went down to the [Utes'] locker room,” says Jeff Johnsen, who signed with Utah in 1996. “His hair’s everywhere and his sweater’s off and he’s just drenched, and he’s eating a whole pizza in front of me and he’s like, ‘You want any?’ I grab a piece, and then he starts undressing and gets in the shower and is still talking to me. It was funny. It was weird. How many grown, fat, naked men do you see when you’re a high school kid?”

Henry Hill explains how he fixed nine Boston College basketball games during the 1978-79 season.