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Phillips and his Bison are just living the dream

By Andy Katz

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Saul Phillips froze. He didn't know what to do. The plan to redshirt freshmen for this moment, for one game to get into the NCAA tournament, had worked. A team in its first season as a full-fledged member of Division I was going dancing. So here he was, witnessing North Dakota State's historic accomplishment, and Phillips had nothing. "I spent my whole life waiting for this moment," Phillips said Tuesday night after the Bison beat Oakland in Sioux Falls, S.D., for the Summit League championsh ...

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