Apr
05
2008
Stat Of The Day
Posted by: Dave McMahon in Atlanta Sports, Stat Of The Day, tags: NCAA Final FourLater tonight the Final Four will began as North Carolina, Kansas, UCLA and Memphis take the court. The only Georgia connection I can find there is that Memphis’s Robert Dozier orginally signed with the University of Georgia back in April of 2004 (his SAT scores were later flagged and he changed schools and the rest is history.)
But that’s not my stat of the day…
Do you know that Atlanta is 1 of 7 cities that have hosted Final Fours in 2 different venues?
The 1977 games were held at the Omni and saw Marquette defeat North Carolina in the finals, while in 2002 and 2007 the games were held at the Georgia Dome with Maryland and Florida taking those honors respectively.
Here are all 7 cities that have accomplished this feat…
- Atlanta, Georgia
- Evanston, Illinois
- Indianapolis, Indiana
- Kansas City, Missouri
- Minneapolis, Minnesota
- St. Louis, Missouri
- Seattle, Washington
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April 5th, 2008 at 10:50 pm
It’s kind of strange that only a few cities actually get to host the final fours. They all have domes, Minnesota, San Antonio, New Orleans, St. Louis, Atlanta, Indianapolis, etc. Now with retractable roof stadiums being built in Detroit, Houston, and Arizona more cities may get an oppurtunity to host a Final Four.