HOOP HISTORIANS
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 Final Four Replay Review

 

HOOP HISTORIANS 2014
DALLAS, TX

Championship Game:  Connecticut 60, Kentucky 54
National Semifinals:  Connecticut 63, Florida 53;
Kentucky 74, Wisconsin 73.

 

• The National Championship Game between Connecticut and Kentucky featured a #7 and #8 seed -- the highest total in title game history.

• The National Semi-Final attendance figure of 79,444 set the record for the most people to ever watch a college basketball game.

• The annual Welcome dinner had 37 people in attendance.  The event was held at the Press Box Grill on Main Street in downtown Dallas. 

• The Hoop Historians Headquarters was located at the Spring Hill Suites by Hilton on Lamar Street in Dallas.

• Members of the group toured the Texas Rangers' Ballpark at Arlington, and Pat Irvine got to sit in the desk once used by her brother Billy Martin.

• Points of interest that the group attended in the North Texas Area included, Dealey Plaza, The Sixth Floor Museum and the George W. Bush Presidential Library.

• Three generations of the same family attended the championship game: Frank & Cath Wilson, their daughter Meredith, her husband Matt and their baby Lincoln (nine months).

• Judi Caldwell, Garry DePerry and Jim Martin were elected as full members.

• Including its Honorary Members, the group's membership now totaled fifty people.
  
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