[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 25 (Tuesday, March 2, 2004)]
[Senate]
[Page S1997]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        SALUTE TO THE AIR FORCE ACADEMY FALCONS BASKETBALL TEAM

 Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, I rise to salute the U.S. Air Force 
Academy Falcons basketball team. It gives me a great deal of pleasure 
as a member of the U.S. Air Force Academy Board of Visitors to 
congratulate the high flying Air Force Academy men's basketball team on 
winning the 2003-2004 regular season Mountain West Conference 
Basketball Championship.
  On March 1, the Falcons clinched the championship with a 61-49 
victory over San Diego State University. This is the first conference 
championship the Air Force Academy has achieved in basketball. Their 
improbable championship is even more impressive when you realize that 
this is the first winning basketball season at the Air Force Academy 
since the 1977-1978 season.
  Coach Joe Scott, my candidate for coach of the year, has done an 
incredible job guiding his team to upset victories over the University 
of California, Brigham Young University and two victories against the 
University of Utah on the way to an overall 21-5 record.
  I wish them well in the coming weeks as they represent my home State 
and the Air Force in the upcoming NCAA tournament. If my colleagues are 
looking for a real-life Cinderella story in this year's basketball 
tournament, I have found one in Colorado Springs, CO: the U.S. Air 
Force Academy.

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