Oakland embracing newfound attention: 'Definitely been crazy' - ESPN

PITTSBURGH — Wearing a yellow hat embroidered with a four-leaf clover from Black Clover's «Live Lucky» line, Oakland coach Greg Kampe admitted he hadn't slept since his No. 14-seed Grizzlies upset No. 3 seed Kentucky in the first round of the men's NCAA tournament on Thursday night.

«I have not been asleep yet,» Kampe said Friday at 3:45 p.m. «I have not been to bed and I have not been — I've not stopped talking. I like to talk, I talk a lot, but it's getting ridiculous. Every 15 minutes I've got a Zoom or something. But it's really cool and it's great for Oakland.

»This is unbelievable for our university, the amount of publicity and because our kids are such great kids, it's positive publicity."

Overnight, Kampe said, the university sold $8,000 worth of T-shirts to people living in Louisville as they celebrated the demise of their archrival.

«Honest to God,» Kampe said. «You know, they buy the T-shirts and they put the credit card in and [it says] 'Louisville, Louisville, Louisville.' It wasn't the same person.

»Next year when Louisville and Kentucky play, I don't know if everybody is going to show up in an Oakland shirt or what. I have no idea. But it's crazy to think about what something like this does."

Graduate transfer guard Jack Gohlke, who caught fire with a near-record 10 3-pointers in the win, is at the epicenter of the team's new-found fame.

«It's definitely been crazy,» Gohlke, 24, said. «When I finally did open my phone, it was overwhelming, to say the least, which I definitely appreciate all the support of all the people sending me messages and things like that.»

Like his sharp-shooting player, Kampe also had a flood of text messages after the game. Gohlke said he's waiting at least 48 more hours before