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GSO regional attendance

Greensboro was third among the four NCAA women's regional sites in attendance -- considerably behind Oklahoma City and Spokane and slightly ahead of New Orleans -- according to official box scores from the various sites.
The interesting thing here is that New Orleans was the only site with a local draw in its field. LSU's just up the road, yet the two sessions at the Superdome attracted only 9,248 fans in all. Greensboro, which had Rutgers, UConn, George Washington and Old Dominion, reported 9,667 spectators. OKC, at which Tennessee beat Texas A&M for the regional title, had 19,373 for the semifinals and finals. Spokane, where Stanford dispatched Maryland for the Final Four berth, welcomed 14,447.
The numbers aren't exactly overwhelming evidence for Greensboro's Women's Final Four aspirations. But you have to wonder if, in assigning four teams without indigenous ties, the NCAA committee had already decided to eliminate GSO from future Final Four consideration.

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R.L. Bynum said:

The New Orleans Regional games were played at the New Orleans Arena, not the Superdome.

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