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Message: [QUOTE="DeepThreat, post: 4588290, member: 12660"] Hi all. I'm a long time reader, first time poster. Some background on myself. Born and raised in CT, left shortly after HS when I joined the Navy. I have always been a UConn fan and always will be despite not living in CT for the past 45 years. I have lived in the Seattle area since 1985. As a college bb fan and most specifically a UConn fan, I am extremely excited the NCAA has placed the regional here. I have only seen the women's team once in my life. That was when they came to Eugene in I believe Stewie's freshman year. I made the 12 hour round trip drive on new years eve to see them. Wife wasn't thrilled but I had a great time. I purchased tickets for the regionals the 1st day they were available, long before the brackets were announced. Of course I'm thrilled that UConn will be here. From my perspective, there is a lot of east coast bias in this thread. I won't opine on the rightness/wrongness of the NCAA's decision nor will I weigh in on future placements. However what the posters here should know is that this event is sold out and has been for weeks. Now I don't know if those tickets have gone to local fans like me, or to people looking to capitalize on this rate event or to long distant, hopeful fans of the various schools. But the games will be well attended by very supportive fans. Speaking of which, I personally am happy not to see Stanford or Arizona fans in attendance. They are some of the most arrogant fans in the country. Iowa fans on the other hand should be great as well as the folks from MS. And let us not forget there will be a pretty good sized throng rooting for UL's Hailey Van Lith who's hometown is about 4 hrs NE of Seattle. So my to advice you all is sit back and enjoy the games and us left coast fans enjoy our bounty whilst we can. [/QUOTE]

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