MU Rah Rah Carolina-lina

So, as I mentioned below, Carolina and Marquette were in the same region of the NCAA bracket this year - Carolina as the 2 seed and Marquette as the 11 seed. Somewhat amazingly, both teams won their first two games and met up in the Sweet 16 game in Newark, NJ. They haven't played each other in the tournament since 1977. One of us wasn't even born yet :) This was probably a once in a lifetime opportunity to see our teams play each other in the tournament, so we took full advantage and made a last minute road trip up to Newark, NJ, courtesy of the Marquette Alumni Club and some very nice, helpful people in Milwaukee! We got into town on Friday, around lunch time. They had a huge send-off planned at the team hotel. The banner had been in the student union and they brought it down... kinda cool.

The infamous 3 goggles... look carefully at my attire. While I do have on a Marquette shirt (a "must" for getting my ticket), I also have on obnoxious Carolina beads :)

Better... get those 3 goggles away from me!

View from the seats... amazingly enough, our seats were fairly low. I'd hate to be in the top section!

I change shirts after I had my ticket in hand :) And yes, I sat in the middle of an entire section of MU alumni! GO HEELS!

The kids watched some of the game before they went to bed. They hang out with Grandma for the weekend... we're so lucky to have such helpful grandparents living close by!

Leaving NY bright and early Monday morning