Your unofficial guide to San Antonio
by SPORTSbyBROOKS.com, Special to FOXSports.com
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But if you're a college basketball junkie and looking to confirm that your '08 late-round, dead-pool selection of Wimp Sanderson is still in play, there's no place better to be on an early April afternoon. Here's some of the fun:
We're guessing Memphis, especially after seeing Tiger players Shawn Taggart, Doneal Mack and Antonio Anderson prowling around San Antonio's Riverwalk on Sunday.
Taggart, like his new-found friends, is quite obviously bursting with excitement over the excursion.
After Va. Tech's gnarly treatment from the tournament selection committee this year, we thought it'd be easy to indoctrinate Coach Seth on the tavern's rather liberal one-and-one rule. Alas, it was to no avail.
Where's Coach Hugs when you need him?
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| John Wooden, three times nightly at the Sands? Sadly, no. (Sports by Brooks) |
Actually, we meant Razorgator.com. Sorry Myles.
Helping matters was the outstanding selection of beverages offered at the Alamodome.
We're proud to report that Final Four fans this year were the first to be holed up with no booze for more than four hours in something called the Alamo since Davy Crockett & Co. back in 1836.
And our favorite: Ladies and Gentleman, the Wizard of Westwood ... Coach John Wooden!
Oops. Actually, we think that might be the distinguished gent who makes his bones as a John Wooden look-a-like. We seem to remember him opening for Manilow at The Sands last summer.
OK, maybe not.
As far as basketball celebs, Penny Hardaway got a huge cheer from the Memphis faithful when he was shown on the Alamodome videoboard at the Memphis-UCLA contest.
Sadly, we hear arena engineers were unable to rig up a William Bedford penitentiary cam in time for Saturday's game.
That would be Hoop City (refreshed by Coca-Cola!), which is stationed at the downtown convention center.
The event has brought us hours and hours of fun and frivolity. One of our favorite areas was AT&T arena. Now, we were absolutely sure we would run into Kelvin Sampson inside the phone-inspired space.
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| Check it out, the new line of Rick Majerus sweat suits! (Sports by Brooks) |
And to think we only took one bathroom break during our five-hour stakeout at the charging station!
Also, in order to reach our Bexar County-required, two-Majerus-mention quota, we're happy to report that his new line of sweat suits is apparently out.
We had the opportunity to model the prototype at Hoop City. It really is a technologically advanced piece of apparel.
Somehow, the drawstring becomes automatically undone at the sight of Michael Doleac.
Enjoy Monday's game, people. And we'll see you Tuesday, bloodshot bright and early!
Brooks is the publisher of the sports celebrity gossip blog SPORTSbyBROOKS.com. He also finished 14th in his age group at the 1993 Western Ontario Geocaching Championships.
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