I was in Greensboro this past Spring all set to go to the tourney when Covid made me realize I couldn’t do it. I think Greensboro is a very pretty little town but the stadium is in the middle of nowhere. NO atmosphere whatsoever.
I happened to go to the Duke/SU game at the Greensboro Coliseum in 1989. We had moved to Syracuse in 1984 and our Duke friend Mike called up my husband and told him he HAD to watch the kids and send me to Durham so we could go to the game together. Holy crap, a WHOLE WEEKEND on my own without the kids!!!
Mike is an insufferable Duke fan. I love him, but he is a Dukie through and through. The two teams were unbelievable. I think we had Derrick and Billy and Stevie. God knows who else. I think they had Christian Laettner, etc. We were #1 at the time, I think. (Remember those days?) Of course, the entire stadium was there to see Duke crush us. When Otto skipped onto the court, a spontaneous jeer of “STOOPID MASCOT! STUPID MASCOT!” erupted. And then the game was on. And what a game! Mike at one point was standing on the arms of the stadium seat. We won by two points.
Mike and I are still very good friends - he went to Kenya with us last year - but on the ride home from the game, it was borderline.