Not a single Chesapeake Bay retriever, the state dog of Maryland and the mascot for the 16th-seeded University of Maryland-Baltimore County team that toppled mighty Virginia on Friday night. Colvin, an owner and breeder of fine Chesapeake Bay retrievers for over three decades, lives in upstate New York and has attended Syracuse basketball games. Overall, Chesapeake Bay retrievers have recently ranked among the 45 most popular purebred breeds in the country. “They’re more concerned about the people around them than the judge.”UMBC’s first class in 1966 picked the Chesapeake Bay retriever as the school mascot. The Retrievers were 10-point underdogs against the Kansas State Wildcats Sunday night in one of the most ancient rivalries on the planet — dogs vs. cats.

Source: thestar March 19, 2018 02:15 UTC