2020 NCAA First Round Sites
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No, not that Providence.
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For the first and second rounds, the game sites are determined by seeding and bidding. There is a form and a process... blah, blah, blah.
Usually, unless there is a conflict with the venue, the top 16 seeds are hosting their first and second round games. If UConn isn't hosting, one of two terrible things has happened: 1) We are out of the top 16 or 2) The winter has been so bad that the roofs of Gampel, Mohegan, and the XL Center have caved in.
I'd say it's a pretty safe bet that they'll be hosting.
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It would be the biggest upset in the history of sports if they don't. 
Top 4 seeds host.... unless their is an arena conflict.
Top 4 seeds host.... unless their is an arena conflict.
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True, but we have three arenas.It would be the biggest upset in the history of sports if they don't.
Top 4 seeds host.... unless their is an arena conflict.
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It would be the biggest upset in the history of sports if they don't.
1993 Breeders Cup Classic - Arcangues wins at 133-1. Horses have won at longer odds but never in a race of that magnitude.
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SWERVE: 2004 ALCS Championship comeback win by the BoSoxIt would be the biggest upset in the history of sports if they don't.
Top 4 seeds host.... unless their is an arena conflict.
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Four if you count Webster Bank Arena.True, but we have three arenas.
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I loved that series, won $1,000 on $10 bet. A pit boss was a HUGE Yankees fan a I told him it's not over yet, after they were leading 3-0, and he said I'll give you a hundred to one odds that the Yankees make the World Series, I bet him $10. He was pissed when we watched the 7th game while I was playing Pai Gow at the tables. Not only did I get his money, I also walked away with $3,000+ from the house.SWERVE: 2004 ALCS Championship comeback win by the BoSox
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LOL Great story.
For balance, in 1978 a silly Red Sox fan in mid-July gave me 50-1 that the Sox would win the division. They were 14.5 games ahead at that time. Nor only did they squander that seemingly insurmountable lead but Bucky Dent is now a curse word in the Boston area. A great time to be a Yankee fan!!
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SWERVE: 2004 ALCS Championship comeback win by the BoSox
Still think UCONN not finishing in the top 16 would be a bigger upset
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To add to the unlikelyhood of the Red Sox winning in 2004, the Yankees were leading in the 9th inning of game 4 and Rivera was pitching. He blew saves at a rate close to the time it takes for the procession of the equinoxes to complete a cycle.
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Still swerving...I have the 2004 Boston Red Sox World Series DVD box set. It includes the ALCS. Sometimes when I am wanting to watch something when I am feeling kinda down I put in ALCS Games 4, 5, 6 & 7. (BTW, I also watch quite a few Huskies WBB replays and the Pats SB Comeback victories over the Falcons and the Seahawks under the same circumstances. )