In the world of junior college basketball, Salt Lake Community College knows the road to the final four.

And it's due in no small part to the returned Mormon missionaries on the team. "We have always had a good core of returned missionaries on the team," said Bruin head coach Norm Parrish, fresh off winning the junior college national title in Hutchinson, Kan., on March 23.

Parrish is accustomed to coaching RMs. Six of them played a vital role on the championship team, while three other players have mission calls in hand and are preparing to leave shortly. The 2007-08 Bruins, which reached the national championship game but lost, had about the same number of returned missionaries, Parrish said.

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