March Madness has begun...
And I'm not talking about the first of 28 basketball games to be played over three weeks at the Greensboro Coliseum - The Virginia-Boston College women's game is still about 10 minutes from tipoff.
I'm talking about the thousands of school-age children who descended on the FanFest, held next to the coliseum at the adjoining Pavilion, before the game.
The kids were the proverbial children turned loose in a candy store (and there was cotton candy available), as they could choose from pop-a-shot basketball, free throws on a regulation basketball hoop, an inflatable moonwalk and face painting.
They could also pick up so-called "spirit boards" being handed out by Chick-Fil-A. While signs supporting BC and UVa were available, they weren't too popular with the kids.
"I'm promoting (the BC and UVa signs), mainly because I ran out of Tar Heel and Duke signs," said Melanie Orton, who was handing out signs on the fast-food chain's behalf.
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