Seventh-year guard leads College of Charleston against SDSU in NCAA Tournament: ‘I’m young for my age’

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College of Charleston enters the NCAA Tournament as one of a few mid-major programs with the potential to become the darlings of March Madness. 

With a record of 31-3, and ranked as high as No. 18 during the college basketball season, the Cougars have a chance to win their first tournament game since 1997. 

Dalton Bolon and Jaylon Scott of the Charleston Cougars celebrate during the CAA Men's Basketball Championship game against the North Carolina-Wilmington Seahawks on March 7, 2023, in Washington, D.C. (Mitchell Layton/Getty Images)

And they are hoping to do so with a seventh-year, 24-year-old guard leading the way. 

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Dalton Bolon leads Charleston in scoring with 12.3 points per game and in experience, with Thursday’s game against San Diego State being the 155th of his career. 

"They just call me ‘Old Man,’" Bolon said. "They say I’m like 30. Really? I’m young for my age."

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Nicknamed "Psycho D" by his much younger teammates, Bolon is the butt of many jokes, including when he wears his "dad shoes" to help with his sore foot. 

Dalton Bolon of the Charleston Cougars is introduced before the North Carolina-Wilmington Seahawks game on March 7, 2023.  (Mitchell Layton/Getty Images)

"I don’t care what anybody says," Bolon said. "They see grandpas wearing these things. Like, grandpas are the smartest people on the earth. I don’t know why people don’t take their advice more often. These are so comfortable."

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Bolon started his career at Division II West Liberty,