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UNC pregame thoughts
OK, so I am finally in Charlotte Bobcats Arena.
I say finally because the combination of foot traffic/car traffic/construction has created a FUBAR outside of the arena. There should be a law against building a downtown arena when your city does not rely on a major public transit system.
As you would expect, the city of Charlotte is collectively cheering on the North Carolina Tar Heels. Outside of a few fans of the other three schools, everyone is wearing Carolina Blue.
The big question, in my mind, for this game is whether or not Washington State is going to be intimidated. This is, after all, the Cougars’ first trip to the Sweet 16. Players said yesterday that a typical postgame press conference is a few cameras and a few guys on laptops.
There were 275 or so people credentialed for Raleigh, and there are more people than that here. The Cougars are a good team, bordering on great. But you never know what is going to happen in UNC jumps out to a 10-0 run, WSU coach Tony Bennett has to burn a timeout and Bobcats Arena explodes with UNC-fandom.
For a variety of reasons, mainly the fact that my seat on press row does not actually include a table, I will not be live-blogging this one. I’ll be back at halftime with a few thoughts.
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By SJ
March 27, 2008 7:24 PM | Link to this
I will be looking forward to your half time observations! Go Heels!