March Madness!

March Madness began for us in Indy with the Big Ten Tournament.  Then to Des Moines for the first rounds of the NCAA games. Great games in Des Moines as Kentucky, Kansas, U Conn played there. The third week we headed to California for the next round in Anaheim.  Oklahoma beat #1 seed Oregon to head to the Final Four in Houston.  From California we flew to Chicago (brrr) for the McDonald's All American game.  Don flew to Houston for the Final Four and I flew home.

DES MOINES
Don went to the open practices on Wednesday (I went shopping) and we stayed overnight for the game Thursday.  We headed home after the games and then drove back on Saturday.

Games in Des Moines

CALIFORNIA
The warm destination chosen for games this year was California and it was warm sunny!  We stayed at the Marriott Hotel and Spa in Newport Beach with the games in Anaheim.

Our first day we headed to UCLA to see the John Wooden display.

Dinner at Laguna Beach - italian at Alessa

Days at the pool soaking up the sun then evening dinner out.  Dinner at Huntington Beach at Sandy's.  Several nights later we went back to eat at Duke's. 

Game Days were on Thursday and Saturday.

 

Two NBA games in one day! Clippers and Lakers

CHICAGO
Well the weather changed a lot from California to Chicago.  We started the week with a Bulls game. 
 We enjoyed the McDonald's banquet night to honor all the players.  Four of our USA players were on the teams. 

Jason Taytum

Terrance Ferguson

Josh Jackson

VJ King

 HOUSTON
I flew home and Don headed to Houston for the Final Four.  His USA buddies were excited about the Villanova win! 

Don with BJ Johnson