Good Bye and Thank You Davidson: From the Fans of Detroit

 

Published 3/31/2008 by J Mack at Bleacher Report - College Basketball

    I have to admit the NCAA Regional coming to Detroit's Ford Field seemed like it could be a disaster.  It turned out that Stephen Curry and his Davidson Wildcats not only kept it from being a disaster, but they turned it into an event the city will be talking about for years to come.      Detroit is not a college sports city.  It is definitely not a college basketball city.  In fact, most people in Detroit have pretty much ignored college basketball since back to back runs in the tournament by a team nicknamed "The Fab Five" that officially never existed.      But this weekend this tiny little school from Noth Carolina captured the hearts and imaginations of an entire sporting community.  An NCAA record crowd packed into Ford Field, which for the record may be the worst venue for college basketball ever, and saw the greatest show on turf. (Well at least in Detroit.)       Stephen Curry lit ... [link]

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