[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 42 (Monday, March 25, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H2715]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY IS GOING TO THE BIG DANCE

  (Mr. MONTGOMERY asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MONTGOMERY. Mr. Speaker, my school, Mississippi State University, 
is going to the big dance. By beating the University of Cincinnati last 
night, Mississippi State has earned the right to be one of the final 
four playing in Meadowlands this weekend. State will play Syracuse; and 
Kentucky will play the University of Massachusetts. The winners will 
play each other next Monday night for the title of best college 
basketball team in the Nation.
  Mississippi State has beaten Virginia Commonwealth University, 
Princeton, University of Connecticut, and Cincinnati to make it to the 
final four.
  State is truly a Cinderella team. They were not expected to make it 
this far. In fact, in the history of the NCAA tournaments, no 
Mississippi university or college team has ever made it to the final 
eight, much less the final four.
  Win or lose at the big dance, the State of Mississippi and its people 
are very proud of this wonderful group of coaches and athletes who have 
brought nationwide recognition to Mississippi State University in 
Starkville, MS, a part of my congressional district.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair would ask the gentleman from 
Mississippi if he has a further statement about the Michigan Wolverines 
making the final four in the hockey playoffs?
  Mr. MONTGOMERY. Mr. Speaker, I am sorry. I am not quite familiar with 
that, but I will be next time.

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