For any of you who are college basketball fans like us, you can imagine how crazy, mad, excited we were when one of Rowan's Phd students offered us tickets to go see the NCAA woman's final championship game in Indianapolis. We dropped everything and headed up to witness our first ever NCAA final anything. The final game was between Texas A&M and Notre Dame. Everyone on the planet had expected Connecticut and Stanford to be in the final game, so it made it extra exciting that we would see underdogs battle it out. Our seats, mid court of the floor section, row 21, were outstanding and unbelievable. We had the Texas A&M rooting section to our left and the Notre Dame rooting section to our right. Insanity is the only word to describe it! Too much fun!
The tickets were crazy. They came in an envelope that opened up like a stadium, revealing the crowd and our passes to extreme entertainment.
We arrived early so we could park :o) and experience the fans as they entered the Conseco Fieldhouse (home of the NBA Indiana Pacers basketball team). Here is the view from our seats.
Yes, we are very happy to be here :o)
The national anthem sung by a children's choir from Indy.
The cheering sections from both sides had giant photo heads of their favorite players and coaches. Most of you have probably seen these on TV during athletic events. It is hysterical to see a sea of them in the crowd. Here is one of the Texas A&M coach, Gary Blair, that a woman right behind us kept raising in the air.
And here are the giant heads of the TA&M team stars.
Photo of the jump ball at the start of the game.
A video of the Notre Dame student cheering section. With all of the bumping and grinding going on, it was really amazing that none of them fell out of the balcony!
The No. 1 Connecticut women's bball teams coach, Geno Auriemma, was sitting just a few rows ahead of us. He was so gracious to sign autographs and take pictures with all of the young fans in the crowd during half time.
The final score of 76-70 was light years beyond the final score of the men's final game and way more exciting. There were only 2 points between the two teams with 1 minute to go. Texas A&M took home the trophy. In our minds, both teams won. WHAT A GAME!
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