"March Madness 2021" planning to consolidate sites around next Final Four venue

[Bob Jersey]

That would be, as many in sports fandom call it, Indy... guess why...

https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2020-11-16/ncaa-relocating-2021-division-i-mens-basketball-championship-sites (link)

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[M-D November]

I was going to say "abundance of downtown hotels", but I'm going to assume it's because it's where the NCAA is headquartered...

[John Edwards]

On Mon, Nov 16, 2020 at 12:52 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV <tvor...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

That would be, as many in sports fandom call it, Indy... guess why...

Because "Indianapolis" is much too long.

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John Edwards
"You can insure against the weather, but you can't insure against incompetence, can you?" - Phil Tufnell

[Bob Jersey]

The official reason is the virus.

Per https://www.ncaa.com/final-four/future-info (link), " Indianapolis was already scheduled to host the men's basketball Final Four in 2021. " 

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John Edwards, to moi, Nov 16th:

[M-D November]

Ah, see, when I read your original post, the virus being the cause was implied; I assumed the "guess why" was in reference to Indy, not the reason for the bubble in general.

[Bob Jersey]

No decisions have been made regarding the coming season's women's NCAA tourney... https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaw/2020/11/16/ncaa-undecided-womens-college-basketball-tournament-location/6315945002/ (link)

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M-D November, to moi, Nov 17:

Ah, see, when I read your original post, the virus being the cause was implied; I assumed the "guess why" was in reference to Indy, not the reason for the bubble in general.