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For Xander Rice, his final college basketball season means more than just the game. Although it’s not uncommon for a Two River athlete to compete in their fifth year of eligibility at a New Jersey college, there is something special about West Long Branch native Alexander Rice coming home to play basketball for the Monmouth Hawks.

There’s a reason it’s called March Madness. While there’s bracketology, pundits with odds and the usual suspects in every NCAA Tournament, you never know when a team might come out of nowhere and get themselves into the field of 68.

There’s a reason it’s called March Madness. While there’s bracketology, pundits with odds and the usual suspects in every NCAA Tournament, you never know when a team might come out of nowhere and get themselves into the field of 68.

Monmouth University’s football program has made the move to one of the top FCS conferences in college football and the Hawks’ first win in the Colonial Athletic Conference was a memorable one, knocking off the ninth ranked team in the FCS national coaches’ poll.

By Jim Hintelmann WEST LONG BRANCH – Monmouth University came close to scoring its most significant football victory since the program was founded in 1992,...