KANSAS CITY — Columbia College guard Jason Ellis sat on the bench with a towel draped over his head, staring into the crowd. On his right, two empty seats. On his left, another. With his team down fifteen with just a few minutes to play, Ellis knew his team’s season would be over, but after the buzzer sounded, he couldn’t help but ask the obvious question: What if?
Three sit with suspensions in Columbia College's NAIA tournament loss
Playing without three of its post players, Columbia College couldn’t pick up the slack, falling to Azusa Pacific 61-47 in the first round of the NAIA Division I National Championship tournament Wednesday.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008 | 7:24 p.m. CDT;
updated 6:56 p.m. CDT, Wednesday, October 22, 2008
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