By Emily Newbold
In the sports world, the month of March is pretty busy. And here at the College of Charleston, it has been a real month of madness.
CofC's men's basketball team made it to the NCAA March Madness tournament for the second year in a row but was eliminated in the first round of 64 in a close loss to the University of Alabama.
When rumors began spreading that head coach Pat Kelsey was going to the University of Louisville, the state of our basketball program got a little frenzied.
"It's like the wild wild west out there with recruiting," said College of Charleston sports communication professor Vince Benigni. "So once Coach Kelsey was a hot commodity, after making the tournament for a second straight year, the door was open for Louisville."
Following the announcement that Coach Kelsey was leaving, CofC fans took to social media to debate the search for a new coach.
But athletic director Matt Roberts was ahead of the search, and less than a week later, CofC named Chris Mack the next men's head basketball coach.