For a man who can pump out such blistering, no-nonsense post-punk hard rock, the air of the more mannered art-school rocker hangs thickly around Jack White.
Although six Blackbirds have played in NCAA games LIU Brooklyn lost as a 15 seed to North Carolina 102-87 in 2011 and last year lost to top-seeded Michigan State 89-67 as a 16 seed in the second round first-year coach Jack Perri is in charge of a team for the first time in such rarified air.