Tuesday, March 21, 2017

NCAA Rounds 1 & 2 - Indianapolis March 16-19, 2017

Joe and I left for Indy on Thursday after school. We arrived at our hotel a little after 9 PM. We walked to the Fieldhouse and then downtown to get something to eat.


On Friday, we attended two sessions (four games total) of great basketball.



Bankers Life Fieldhouse is a very impressive venue!!



Session 1

Michigan 92
Oklahoma State 91

Wichita State 64
Dayton 58



Between the 1st session and the 2nd session, we met Brian and his friends at the "Man Cave" for some refreshments. Great group of guys!



Session 2
Louisville  78
Jacksonville State 63

Kentucky 79
Northern Kentucky 70



On Saturday we met up with Joel and Clark at Champps around noon to watch some basketball!! Later, in the afternoon we went on a limo bus tour of four breweries. A fun time. During the tour we  met some young teachers who had all graduated from Butler and were in town to watch the Butler game that afternoon on TV. We were invited to go with them to Scotty's and watch the game...we did... and we watched as Butler won their game.



A Bus Brewery Tour on Saturday



We visited four different breweries.


On Saturday night, we met up with Joel and Clark at the "Slippery Noodle", Indianapolis' Oldest Blues Bar".




Then, On Sunday it was back for two more games.



Michigan 73
Louisville 69

Kentucky 65
Wichita State 62


Joe and I stayed over Sunday night and then drove home in the rain on Monday.
Another GREAT weekend !!!