[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 31 (Tuesday, March 15, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Page S2728]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            MORNING BUSINESS

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              UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA GRIZZLIES IN THE NCAA

  Mr. BAUCUS. Mr. President, I rise today to congratulate the 
University of Montana, which for the first time since 1997 will watch 
both its men's and its women's basketball teams advance to the NCAA 
tournament, and we do so with Big Sky tournament championships fresh in 
hand.
  The University of Montana men's basketball team will head to the 
tournament for the sixth time in school history. The Grizzlies now face 
a daunting task, facing the No. 1 seed University of Washington, and we 
are going to beat them.
  Under Coach Larry Krystkowiak, we have a coach and a team that is 
going to win. Larry was a legendary basketball player for the Grizzlies 
in the 1980s, rising all the way up to the NBA, and now in his first 
year as head coach of the Grizzlies, he is a champion.
  We won the tournament. We are going to beat those characters over in 
the State of Washington. We are going to win the next round.
  The Lady Griz basketball team is leading to the tournament for the 
16th time in school history. They will face Vanderbilt, and I am quite 
confident head coach Robin Selvig--just a terrific coach--will have his 
team ready to play.
  Both teams represent that which is great about college athletics: 
fellowship, sportsmanship, and fair play. They are great kids. The 
student athletes conduct themselves with dignity and class, and I am 
very proud how well they have represented my home State, and we are 
very proud to see them compete on a national stage for the national 
championship.
  All I have to say is, watch out, Vanderbilt; watch out, University of 
Washington. Montana is coming.

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