Bibby Heard It Through Grapevine

Five words from an unknown high school coach and several beeps from his pager are how USC Coach Henry Bibby found out the Trojans made the NCAA tournament.

Scouting a junior college tournament in Texas on Sunday, Bibby did not watch the announcement that his team was seeded No. 11 in the Southeast region and will play sixth-seeded Illinois on Friday.

“Some coach just walked up to me and said, ‘Coach, you guys are in,’ ” Bibby said. “Then I had tons of calls on my pager.”