It's hard for me to believe that US Bank Arena, formerly called Riverfront Coliseum, The Crown and The First Star Center, has not hosted a Men's NCAA Tournament Game in twenty years. With the success of Xavier University Basketball, that could very well bring the NCAA tournament back to the Queen City. In March of 1992, Riverfront Coliseum hosted the first and second round games of the NCAA Tournment. Ohio State, North Carolina, Alabama, UCONN and Miami University all played there. The second round featured games between North Carolina, led my Eric Montross, Hubert Davis, George Lynch and Alabama In the other game, Ohio State would was led by Legend Jim Jackson, Chris Jent, Lawerence Funderburke, Mark Baker and the Buckeyes defeated UCONN by a significant margin. Yes, I remember the floor that was Red with white Cincinnati letters on the end lines on both ends of the court and it said Riverfront Coliseum in small black letters on both sides of the half court circle.
Kentucky used to play a home game a year from 1998-2008, a 10 year contract. The lone loss, Dayton 68-66 in 1999.
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