Congratulations to the Division III alumni on the San Antonio Spurs, who won the 2004-05 NBA championship in seven games against the Detroit Pistons.

Sure, most people should know that Spurs coach Gregg Popovich was formerly head coach at Pomona-Pitzer. But can you name two others?

They’re both alumni of Emerson College. One is Sam Presti, the team’s director of player personnel. The other is a D3hoops.com All-American from 2004, Rob Hennigan, also working in the player personnel department. Of course, you know about Presti if you’re a loyal reader of Around the Nation (about two-thirds of the way down the page). That’s not the first time we’ve mentioned reading Around the Nation, by the way … maybe there’s something to be learned there.

Congrats to all.