Regional factoid...

[cto]

St Louis is closer to Lawrence, Kansas ... than Boston is to Syracuse. Anyone hear any complaining that this was a "home game" for KU?

 

[jdubs30]

I haven't heard anyone really call yesterday a "home game" for us; obviously if we won OSU might have been crying a little more though

 

[Hoov50]

I haven't heard anyone really call yesterday a "home game" for us; obviously if we won OSU might have been crying a little more though

We were the number one seed, Kansas was two. I can see UNC fans having a gripe.

 

[PoppyHart]

I haven't heard anyone really call yesterday a "home game" for us; obviously if we won OSU might have been crying a little more though

Raftery called it a home game.

 

[mscanlo]

nothing, and i mean nothing, can compare to south region. 24k in attendance. 95% kentucky fans (and i might be giving the non-kentucky fans a little too much credit). 4% neutral and 1% baylor fans. now i know what rupp arena is like and i've never even been (nor do i ever want to go)

 

[HoustonCuse]

Great fan support is nothing to have to apologize for. A mid sized private school being able to pack arenas all over the east coast is something so unexpected, that people note it. So be it.

 

[Charlie]

I haven't heard anyone really call yesterday a "home game" for us; obviously if we won OSU might have been crying a little more though

I believe CTO is referring to 2003 when there was uproar because we had a 'home game' in Boston as 3 seed vs the 1 seed

 

[dasher]

we didn't. we played the #1 team in albany.

 

[Cuseman78]

nothing, and i mean nothing, can compare to south region. 24k in attendance. 95% kentucky fans (and i might be giving the non-kentucky fans a little too much credit). 4% neutral and 1% baylor fans. now i know what rupp arena is like and i've never even been (nor do i ever want to go)

Only 24k in Atlanta? The game was at the Georgia Dome right? I actually would call that a pretty poor showing by Kentucky. Would have expected a much larger crowd than that.

 

[SWC75]

Has any national commentator ever complained about UNC and Duke starting almost every tournament in North Carolina?

 

[HoustonCuse]

Has any national commentator ever complained about UNC and Duke starting almost every tournament in North Carolina?

No but JB made note of it in his press conference the day before the OSU game. Which was surprising.

 

[Charlie]

we didn't. we played the #1 team in albany.

Oops. You're right.

 

[mscanlo]

Only 24k in Atlanta? The game was at the Georgia Dome right? I actually would call that a pretty poor showing by Kentucky. Would have expected a much larger crowd than that.

yeah, i was shocked. 24k or 25k was the announced attendance for friday's games. i didn't see the attendance today. they originally opened up only the lower 2 levels for ticket sales (22.5k). it wasn't until recently (i think this week), that they opened up 10k tickets in the 300 level because of high demand. tickets looked to be on the sideline only. not sure how many were actually sold in the level.

 

[kirbivore]

St Louis is closer to Lawrence, Kansas ... than Boston is to Syracuse. Anyone hear any complaining that this was a "home game" for KU?

Since Kansas was a lower seed there should have been the same amount of bitching like there was about Syracuse in Albany 2003. The only media member who I saw mention was Greg Doyel in the CBSsports.com midwest preview.

 

[kirbivore]

Only 24k in Atlanta? The game was at the Georgia Dome right? I actually would call that a pretty poor showing by Kentucky. Would have expected a much larger crowd than that.

I had some extra tickets to sell for the 2010 Dome regionals and the Kentucky fans I talked to said a good number of their fans thought the Final Four was inevitable and were saving their money for that weekend. Bit them in the ass in 2010 but I can see that being a reason for the lower than expected attendance figures in Atlanta.

 

[TinyManInside]

St Louis is closer to Lawrence, Kansas ... than Boston is to Syracuse. Anyone hear any complaining that this was a "home game" for KU?

Yes. I heard non-stop complaining from several UNC fans that I know. And they should be pissed too, because it is BS for a #1 seed to have to play in the home state of a lower seeded team in their region.