Right On!

You are sooooo right!  I mean, the NCAA put those games in Charlotte AFTER it selected UNC #1 in the East, right?

No, actually.  You have to be a moron to think that this is a meaningful topic for a sports debate.  Carolina plays in the state of North Carolina all the time--they aren't undefeated in those games.  Perhaps some of you have noticed.  UNC got the top seed by being the best team in America.  North Carolina, the state, is crazy about college basketball and offers more first-class venues for tournament games than anywhere else in the country.  There will always be at least one round of NCAA games in NC.  UNC = very good; NC = basketball country.  These two things are not coincidental.  Accept it.

And, I can't be wrong in believing that all the other #1 seeds also got to play in their own geographical regions (none of which, by the way, is as crazy about NCAA bball as is NC).  Start whining about that and keep going until they move the East Regional back to East Rutherford, NJ--you know, where all us huge basketball fans live!  I mean, it's not like games in NY and NJ are favorable to anyone...except teams in the Big East, like, um...Louisville!  And UCONN!  And Syracuse!  And Georgetown!  Jeez, that actually sounds pretty bad!

Finally, I would like to remind everyone of what happened last time UNC won a championship.  It was 2005 and the situation was exactly the same.  But, not for North Carolina.  For Illinois.  The Illini played in Indianapolis, then in Chicago, and then in St. Louis--and all three sites were swarming with orange-clad Illinois fans.  But UNC beat them in the title game.  Would you like to go back and change the location?  I wouldn't.  For UNC to go to the other team's backyard and beat them proved they were the best team in the nation, capable of winning against any odds.  Pitino should be drooling for this chance to prove that Louisville is the best team out there and can defeat UNC in front of a home crowd.  By the way, there were an awful lot of Tennessee fans in Charlotte today (Knoxville is 3 hours away--the same as Chapel Hill), and I don't think it bothered the Cardinals much.

There is a rule specifically made to stop kentucky. That rule was made after duke played uk in lexington in 1979. "70 mile rule" The rule effectively disallowed kentucky from ever playing a ncaa tourny game in kentucky since ky does not have a gym big enough in the state to play anywhere but louisville which was stopped by the 70 mile rule. It is curious that louisville played in lexington last year (remember the many complaints about that one.)

To make the ncaa tourny fair unc and duke must play outside there home state which one of them plays the first round every year and make them and all number one seed teams go somewhere other then there home states every dog gone year. I want to know when are the other schools that are not in the espncbsaccspinzone going to wake up and start complaining about this.

I'm writing this as I watch the refs in the unc louisville women game that the refs are calling tight on louisville and hacking great defense for unc. jeezzzz.

THE FACT IS WHEN YOU PLAY UNC OR DUKE YOU PLAY 8 AGAINST 5. ALWAYS.

TO STOP THIS GET THESE TEAMS OUT OF NORTH CAROLINA AND MAKE THEM PLAY OUT OF STATE LIKE KENTUCKY HAS TO.

tbanger1

You have the status of "amateur below your name for a reason.  You make no legitimate argument but in fact WHINE about Duke or Carolina.  The regionals and subregionals aren't held in the state of NC every year.  They are moved around on a rotating basis.  Some years, games get played in NC.  Some years they don't.

As for Kentucky, it's not an issue of playing in their home state, the issue was they played on their home court-BIG DIFFERENCE.

As for Hansbrough (and yes it's Hansbrough, not Handsbrough) he averages over 20 pts and 10 boards a game, shoots over 80% from the foul line and hustles like no one else in the college game, which means he is involved in almost every play.  If the ball is around he's after it and usally getting it.  Hansbrough would be an All-American if he had stayed in-state and played for Missouri.  He's just that good. 

Your entire argument is centered around bitterness and resentment.  I'd like to hear your comments IF Hansbrough had decided to play at Kentucky instead.

In the meantime, get a valid point or get off the boards!

First off The locations were set before the season started The heels did what they were supposed to do and they won games during the regular season plus their conference championship they deserve to be there. nobody cries when in the nba the team with the better record gets home court for the playoffs its the same thing.