Old School in the Sweet Sixteen!

Matthew has been playing in Notre Dame's 739-team Bookstore Basketball Tournament this year. Most teams are comprised of ND undergraduates, but Matthew has a team of staff and graduate students that has run through the tournament like a knife through butter. Tonight they play in the Sweet Sixteen--which means they have already made it further than they ever have before. Here is an article from the Notre Dame student newspaper about tonight's matchup.

No. 5 Texas Roadhouse vs. No. 12 Old School
When Texas Roadhouse takes on Old School in the round of 16, the age-old themes of new vs. old and potential vs. experience will be on full display. As evidenced by its name, Old School readily embraces the fact that it is composed of players older than those on the average Bookstore team, ranging from their mid-twenties to their early-forties. Captain Todd Hill, a 1991 Notre Dame graduate, said that his team understands both the problems and benefits that come with his team's collective age.
"At our more mature age, we typically won't be out-athleting any teams," Hill said. "[However,] maturity does have its strengths and we play to them. We have a high basketball IQ, and we know who we are and who we aren't. We have played the burn offense for years, long before Coach Brey picked it up and made it part of the identity of the Irish men's program.

Hill is joined on the court by HR employees Matt McCubbins and Matthew Blazejewski, OIT employees Joel Dosmann and Mark Bennitt and graduate student Luke Chicoine.
Despite being matched up against younger teams in every game, Old School has yet to be seriously tested. Still, the age difference between Hill and many of his opponents is quite significant.
"When I told one of the guys I graduated [and] about us making it to the Sweet Sixteen, [he said], ‘Do you realize that most of the students you are playing against were not even born when you played your first Bookstore game as an ND freshman 23 years ago?'" Hill said.
That will be the case once again tonight when Old School meets Texas Roadhouse in the Sweet 16. Senior captain Adam Dobrzykowski leads juniors Zachary Cook, JT Brevard and Taylor Williams and freshmen Pat Derksen and Dane Okuda.

The young guns have not been tested in their games to this point either, having advanced by relying largely on their speed. "We score fast and play clamps ‘D,'" Cook said. However, Cook also said that his team has the versatility needed to match up against the advanced talent level in the later rounds.
"We feel privileged to play in such a prestigious tournament and showcase our talents," he said. "We feel that our team has achieved success because we have the necessary size, speed and basketball IQ. We look forward to competing against some very talented teams in the later rounds."

Old School and Texas Roadhouse will battle for supremacy and the right to keep playing at 6 p.m. on Court 4