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Long Beach State coach Dan Monson's defiant run ends with loss to Arizona

SALT LAKE CITY — At some point, no matter how many one-liners he unleashed or smiles he created or tears he jerked, Dan Monson knew this magical March ride would end. Oh, sure, the Long Beach State coach wanted to linger two more days, not to mention two more weeks on college basketball's biggest stage after being told he was out of a job at season's end. On the eve of his first NCAA ...
Long Beach State head coach Dan Monson talks with the 49 ers' Lassina Traore and Amari Stroud during the first half against Arizona in the first round of the NCAA Tournament at Delta Center on Thursday, March 21, 2024, in Salt Lake City, Utah.

SALT LAKE CITY — At some point, no matter how many one-liners he unleashed or smiles he created or tears he jerked, Dan Monson knew this magical March ride would end.

Oh, sure, the Long Beach State coach wanted to linger two more days, not to mention two more weeks on college basketball's biggest stage after being told he was out of a job at season's end.

On the eve of his first NCAA Tournament appearance in a dozen years, Monson joked to reporters that he didn't have to answer their questions because he was working for free. He quipped that he had car and house payments that he didn't know

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