NCAA Tourney Games (other than Texas)

[UTexRulz23]

Yeah, sounds like Spokane isn't really equipped to handle hosting.

(I saw this as a GU alum for my master's.)

 

[brnkj]

Yeah, sounds like Spokane isn't really equipped to handle hosting.

(I saw this as a GU alum for my master's.)

Don't look now, but the two "double regional" sites for 2025 are Birmingham and Spokane. Geez....

 

[brnkj]

The problem with having regionals in only two (or a single) locations is that, regardless of the designated site(s), favorability will only be afforded to the teams and fan bases within the true geographical region. I'm with Vic... we need four sites. Period.

 

[GoHorns22]

I'm not saying Gonzaga did not, play and did not deserve to advance. However, I do question how the bus travel, and the scary racial harassment affected the play of these two teams that lost. I think the NCAA, and the Gonzaga representatives involved in the planning did a great disservice to these teams.

 

[DFW_Horn]

Oregon State was threatening to run away from Notre Dame in the 3rd quarter until the refs got involved. Swallowed their whistles a couple of times rather than give Westbeld her 4th foul early in the 2nd half.

 

[DFW_Horn]

3-seed Oregon State eliminates 2-seed Notre Dame, 70-65, despite some crazy lopsided stats:

• The Beavers were +19 on the boards (43-24)
• The Beavers were -21 in turnover differential (26-5)

 

[justabbfan]

And, Stanford goes down to NC State.

 

[mb227]

It should be major airport hubs: Chicago, Denver, Dallas, Salt Lake, Atlanta. It’s never going to be perfect but Portland and Albany? That is just plain stupid. Or just make it Vegas so everyone can get cheap flights, cheap hotels and cheap buffet dinners!

Cheap and Vegas no longer go together for the casual traveler...and the sniffles era killed the 'cheap buffet.'

 

[UTSUgrad]

Cheap and Vegas no longer go together for the casual traveler...and the sniffles era killed the 'cheap buffet.'

Slight downside of the growing popularity of our game is that women's basketball is now considered an Entertainment Option. So if we want to compete for eyeballs and butts in seats, it wouldn't hurt to be in the Entertainment Capital of the USA ...
ESPN = Entertainment and Sports Programming Network.

 

[mb227]

Slight downside of the growing popularity of our game is that women's basketball is now considered an Entertainment Option. So if we want to compete for eyeballs and butts in seats, it wouldn't hurt to be in the Entertainment Capital of the USA ...
ESPN = Entertainment and Sports Programming Network.

Vegas has long since ceased to be the entertainment capital of the USA. And I say that as someone who was a very frequent visitor before my cancer diagnosis in December 2022 and as someone on a first name basis with an owner of multiple downtown properties (as well as his Director of Sportsbook Operations).

F1 is further ruining the Vegas 'experience' and will drive costs up.

And don't get me started on the idiotic renaming of McCarran...

 

[UTSUgrad]

Vegas has long since ceased to be the entertainment capital of the USA. And I say that as someone who was a very frequent visitor before my cancer diagnosis in December 2022 and as someone on a first name basis with an owner of multiple downtown properties (as well as his Director of Sportsbook Operations).

F1 is further ruining the Vegas 'experience' and will drive costs up.

And don't get me started on the idiotic renaming of McCarran...

Not arguing, but wondering - what is considered the top entertainment location? Orlando? NYC?

 

[Sangre Naranjada]

Not arguing, but wondering - what is considered the top entertainment location? Orlando? NYC?

College Station?

 

[brnkj]

Glad to see LSU get bounced by Iowa.

 

[Born in ATX]

Bye Bye darth mUlkEy, bye bye angel reese. What a great night. mUlkEy really took a team filled with 5 stars and all-americans and didn't get past the Elite8. If you go back to the offseason in the portal thread, you will see comments that "dream team" concepts never work. I love that it happened here too.

 

[DFW_Horn]

The NCAA announced the 11 officials who will work the Final Four games:

"Melissa Barlow will be officiating her 12th Final Four and Joe Vaszily will be working his 10th. They are the two most senior members of the group. Joining Barlow and Vaszily are Gina Cross, Roy Gulbeyan, Eric Brewton, Katie Lukanich, In'Fini Robinson, Tiffany Bird, Brenda Pantoja, Brian Hall and Angelica Suffren."

If Gulbeyan's considered one of the 11 best, NCAA WBB just confirmed how terrible their pool of refs are as a whole.

 

[BLucky]

I say bad words the minute I see him on the floor...