Pressure-tested James Madison fishing for an NCAA tournament victory over Wisconsin

HARRISONBURG – In the weeks between the James Madison basketball team’s summer trip to Italy and the start of the fall semester, most – if not all – of the players stayed around campus, working out, playing pick-up games and spending time with each other away from the court. With few if any other students around, entertainment options were limited. So, guard Noah Freidel finally talked a pair of his teammates into a fishing trip at Lake Shenandoah. “I’ve never fished in my life,” guard Justin Amadi said. “That was...