Sioux Falls, SD (KELO-AM) The Elmen Center at Augustana University was rocking on Tuesday to welcome back the Division II National Basketball Champions.
A supremely happy Vikings Coach Tom Billeter regaled the cheering crowd with jokes and stories about the team's amazing fight to the finish. He says the pundits couldn't believe a school with only about 1,800 students could go so far.
Billeter was pumped before the big game against Lincoln Memorial University in Frisco, Texas. How pumped?
"I was brushing my teeth - the last thing I did before heading over to the arena - and I snapped my toothbrush in half.", the coach told the crowd.
The team's four seniors also spoke, including Alex Richter who said "we have the best fans in the nation and now we have the best team in the nation."