One of the ancillary benefits of March Madness aka the NCAA National Championship Tournament is that millions of Americans learn a little geography. The first round is probably the most useful here: most people probably don’t know that Siena College is in Loudonville, NY, or that Butler University is in Indianapolis, IN, or that Xavier University is in Cincinnati, OH, or that Stephen F. Austin University is in Nacogdoches, TX.
See? It’s not all athletic worship!
But those same geography students might as why West Regional games are being played in Philadelphia and amd Midwest games in Miami, to name two.
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Hush, my children. The Committee works in mysterious ways.
I grew up not far from Loudenville. My uncle went to Sienna and played on the basketball team—long before they were nationally ranked; it was barely more than intramurals back then. But you know what? I don’t know where Loudenville is. Nobody does. It doesn’t really exist. Sienna may actually be in Colonie…or Latham…or Watervliet. It’s never been decided. Loudenville=Limbo.