Uconn hoops add Texas home and home series

[huskyjawz]

I wasn’t but I’ve been there plenty of times and I’m sure it was awesome in 2004 and I’m sure it will be awesome in 2024 but it ain’t Austin. It’s more about the arena than the city, why would the FF and superbowl be in Detroit.

I've never been to Austin, but I can't imagine a better site than SA was in 2004. Granted that's twenty years ago, has it changed that much?

 

[huskyjawz]

I've never been to Austin but I'm sure it's a nice city and could do a good job hosting a Final Four. But San Antonio in 2004 was my favorite Final Four city. I liked that you could walk everywhere. There were also enough hotels downtown to accommodate everyone. A friend of mine already made a reservation for the Final Four in 2025.

The River Walk was a perfect place for all the fans and media to hang out. Just big enough to fit everyone with plenty of restaurants and bars. But small and intimate enough so you got to see lots of people - media, other teams' fans, former players, etc. I hate the Final Fours in Houston, Dallas and Glendale. Everything is just too spread out with no central place and you can't walk everywhere.

Well said. I couldn't agree more.

 

[willie99]

Why do we always always always travel first?

Can't someone come here?

 

[willie99]

I've never been to Austin, but I can't imagine a better site than SA was in 2004. Granted that's twenty years ago, has it changed that much?

I stayed in Austin, drove to San Antonio

Saved thousands

Anywhere the University of Texas is has to be an awesome college town

 

[bjc42]

I was going to post exactly that in response to temery's post. I didn't know if anyone would get the joke. There's at least 2 of you that would have.

I did!

 

[RuffRuff]

I’ll be at this one, and checking out Austin for the first time. One of the last US bucket list destinations left.

As for UT, they had talent last year but had no identity and discombobulated in every facet of the game. Terry is not a good coach. I’d expect more of same - talented underachieving team.

Kaluma btw, not a winning basketball player, just an NIL mercenary at this point. No hoops IQ.