Sunday, April 10, 2011

MARCH MADNESS


There's a new season added to the calendar every year . . .
 it's called . . . 

Our poll question of who would win the NCAA Men's basketball tournament, our results were:

1.  Butler   54%
2.  Kentucky   18%
3.  VCU   18%
4.  UCONN  9%

The "Final Four" is such a HUGE deal these days!
Many cities clamor to host it!

They even have their own logo every year!

The Final Four really started to take off when Salt Lake City was the host!
It wasn't so much the host city...as who played in the finals:


Magic Johnson of Michigan State 
defeated 
Larry Bird of Indiana State

These two were two of the best to ever play the game!
They dueled it out for years, 
when Magic played for the LA Lakers...
...and Larry played for the Boston Celtics.

Salt Lake City has never hosted the Final Four since.

They did, however, host two "Sweet Sixteen"games and one "Elite Eight" game last year.
 Outside Energy Solutions Arena

 Lots of sports media were there.

My nephew and I went to these games. 
(Look closely, and you'll see all ads, logos, etc. were covered.)
 We got to see 
Syracuse, Xavier, Kansas State, and Butler.

In 1998, Utah played in the championship game against Kentucky.
They had a 10 point lead at half time, but lost.

This year in the Final Four were:

University of Kentucky


VCU  (Virginia Christian University)

The championship game was between . . .

and

With the winners...
UCONN Huskies



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