Weekend Hoops Edition

Huge Crowd taking in the SEC tourney, moved to GT b/c of the tornados
Tornado damage in ATL

What a crazy weekend of conference tourney basketball this weekend. As a GT fan and an ACC purist, I would usually sit here and write about the great games going on up in Charlotte, as it has been a great few games to watch, even if Tech did lose their Friday matchup with Duke. But the real fun has been here in Atlanta, with the SEC tourney. Due to the first ever recorded tornado to hit downtown Atlanta, the GA Dome sustained quite a bit of damage and they moved the games over to Tech's Cremins Court at Alexander Memorial Coliseum. That name is too long btw. GT holds 9,100 seats, the GA Dome hosts about 30,000 set up for basketball. That presents a problem. So only family, certain alum, and the media were allowed in to watch the games, amounting to about 2,500 people instead of 30,000. And to make matters even crazier, UGA was forced to play two games in one day, and they somehow won both of them. Kudos to Dennis Felton and his squad. The worst team in the SEC is now playing this afternoon for a chance to go to the Big Dance, and this Tech fan will be watching and rooting for them. On a side note, its really funny to see UGA football fans come out of the shadows now during basketball, now that their team is winning. I don't think most UGA fans could even name their starting five on the basketball team.