NCAA Final Four in New Orleans?
Oct 25, 2002 | 3:10 pm
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NCAA Final Four in New Orleans?
Hey Gang,
Wondering if anyone is going to be in New Orleans for the 2003 Mens NCAA Basketball Tournament?
Al and I have tickets and I am looking forward to my second Final Four... ironically, both in New Orleans.
William
Wondering if anyone is going to be in New Orleans for the 2003 Mens NCAA Basketball Tournament?
Al and I have tickets and I am looking forward to my second Final Four... ironically, both in New Orleans.
William
Oct 25, 2002 | 6:27 pm
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I will be in New Orleans April 4 - April 8, 2003.
The tournament games are on April 5 and April 7.
William
The tournament games are on April 5 and April 7.
William
Oct 25, 2002 | 7:28 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by wharvey:
Wondering if anyone is going to be in New Orleans for the 2003 Mens NCAA Basketball Tournament</font>
Wondering if anyone is going to be in New Orleans for the 2003 Mens NCAA Basketball Tournament</font>
I prefer Indianapolis, and Minneapolis as Final 4 locations, myself.
Oct 25, 2002 | 7:32 pm
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I prefer the location to be wherever I can win a ticket in the Lottery!!!
Seems like that is only New Orleans unfortunately!
William
Seems like that is only New Orleans unfortunately!
William
Oct 25, 2002 | 7:53 pm
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Congrats on getting the tix!
I've never entered the lottery- do you enter every year?
The only final 4 I've been to is Minneapolis last year- read online that tickets were plentiful for the final, flew to MSP and bought a ticket that afternoon (in the Maryland student section) for what I considered to be a reasonable price, and went to the final. Flew out the next a.m. A perfect 24 hour trip!
Oct 25, 2002 | 8:19 pm
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It's the NCAA collegiate basketball tournament finals, prncess674!
http://www.hoopstickets.net/final_four_tickets.html
http://www.atlastravelweb.com/finalfour.shtml
http://www.bigeasy.com/sports/ncaa.shtml
http://www.hoopstickets.net/final_four_tickets.html
http://www.atlastravelweb.com/finalfour.shtml
http://www.bigeasy.com/sports/ncaa.shtml
Oct 25, 2002 | 11:38 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by landspeed:
I prefer Indianapolis, and Minneapolis as Final 4 locations, myself.
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I prefer Indianapolis, and Minneapolis as Final 4 locations, myself.
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No, I won't be going to any this year tho.
Hope you all have great game! I'll be shooting the pill in my driveway on yer behalf.
Gawd, can I type any more poorly???
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Oct 26, 2002 | 6:25 am
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Of all the final fours I've attended; the worst (not from a game; but from a having fun in the city perspective) was MSP; that place was cold; wet; the bar selection to party in was limited (as compared to other Final 4 Cities; granted IND was no hotbed of fun but at least they set up tents in one area to party in); The hotels were too spread out more than other final four cities; and did I say it was COLD!!!
New Orleans and SAT are by far and away the best cities for a Final Four; Seattle was great but since the KingDome was torn down; no more fun there
New Orleans and SAT are by far and away the best cities for a Final Four; Seattle was great but since the KingDome was torn down; no more fun there
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by landspeed:
D*mn- does the fact it's in New Orleans mean that Carolina is going to win again?
I prefer Indianapolis, and Minneapolis as Final 4 locations, myself.
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D*mn- does the fact it's in New Orleans mean that Carolina is going to win again?
I prefer Indianapolis, and Minneapolis as Final 4 locations, myself.
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Oct 26, 2002 | 2:38 pm
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It's a no go for me.
I can't win the lottery and have no ticket connections.
If anyone has to back out......let me know.
Also, if anyone has 2 extra tickets to ANY Duke home game (like that's possible) let me know - we could work something out. My nephew is turning 21 and it would be a great present. He bleeds blue.
I can't win the lottery and have no ticket connections.
If anyone has to back out......let me know.
Also, if anyone has 2 extra tickets to ANY Duke home game (like that's possible) let me know - we could work something out. My nephew is turning 21 and it would be a great present. He bleeds blue.
Oct 26, 2002 | 9:53 pm
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What about the Pac 10 Tournament just before the NCAA? We had several flyertalkers out for that one last year. It's at Staples again this year.
Oct 27, 2002 | 12:08 pm
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Assuming the Men of Troy qualify (only the top 8 teams qualify for the Pac 10 tourney) I'll be there!!!!
That was a blast last year with special thanks to Stimpy and AuH2O
That was a blast last year with special thanks to Stimpy and AuH2O
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by stimpy:
What about the Pac 10 Tournament just before the NCAA? We had several flyertalkers out for that one last year. It's at Staples again this year.</font>
What about the Pac 10 Tournament just before the NCAA? We had several flyertalkers out for that one last year. It's at Staples again this year.</font>