TUSKEGEE, Alabama -- Leon Douglas saw this coming.Before last season, the Tuskegee men’s basketball coach had Jostens create a poster with a national championship ring design and a slogan – “The reason for our season” – at the bottom of it.
Taping it to his office door, the former Alabama All-American believed that team had the ability to win it all.
The Golden Tigers didn’t even reach the NCAA Division II tournament, but that team only had two seniors. So with most of his squad returning, Douglas kept the faith and is now three wins away from putting that championship jewelry on his finger.
“As a coach and as a leader of men, I’ve got to instill ...
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