Just as the search committee rallied around this selection, I'm convinced that all of our industry colleagues will also find David Rehr the right person to lead NAB.

The search committee set the criteria based on the requests of every constituency that would be a affected by this decision. They all said they were pleased with the success of the Athletics Department but wanted to see it grow even stronger. They said the most important qualification in the next athletics director was experience at the Division I level.

In keeping with our vision of the radio industry, Susquehanna Radio Corp. wanted to team with the leader in Internet broadcasting, and Broadcast.com clearly understands our goals and is able to effectively broaden our reach beyond traditional radio,

I have no idea what the (selection) committee thinks. I just know a lot of good teams are out there.

I was delighted that they were selected. It was a unanimous selection of the dinner committee. I think they're very deserving and exhibited tremendous compassion and bravery and initiative for what they did last spring in response to the tsunami disaster in their homeland of Sri Lanka.

And it's not a case where those losses are quickly forgotten by the (NCAA Tournament) selection committee.