Cinderella's Superstition...

When you follow sports closely you eventually find that superstition often plays a role in your hero’s sports psyche of winning. We’ve all heard of athletes who always eat the same meal before going into competition or carry a lucky token or charm during contests. Many of these superstitions or “lucky habits” are related to clothing.
Some pitchers when on a winning streak will wear the same undershirt until they lose. Tiger Woods for years has been notorious for wearing “blood red” clothing on the final day of a golf tournament (the tradition started as a tribute to his friend Michael Jordan’s Chicago Bull’s colors), this year the color has taken on a “pink” tint but he’s still winning.
Bursting on to the national sports scene this past weekend is Jim Larranaga, Coach of the George Mason Patriots, an eleven seeded participant in the NCAA Basketball Tournament which has made it to the Final Four by defeating the University of Connecticut yesterday. What is Larranaga’s supersition? He never wears any of his opponents’ colors on the sideline during a game. One can already predict there will be no orange or blue in his tie or suit next Saturday when he faces Florida.