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 Final Four Replay Review

 

HOOP HISTORIANS 2024
GLENDALE, AZ

Championship Game: UConn 75, Purdue 60.
National Semifinals:  Purdue 63, NC State 50;
UConn 86, Alabama 72.

 

• UConn became the first team to win back-to-back championships since Florida won consecutive titles in 2006 and 2007.

• The Tempe Mission Palms served as the Hoop Historians Final Four Headquarters during the week.

• 21 people participated in the Hoop Historians Final Four Get Together Dinner, which was held at Harry's Place in Tempe, Arizona.

• The Annual Business Meeting was conducted outdoors at the Tempe Mission Palms and had 24 members attend.

• The Hoop Historians played Final Four Jeopardy during a social hour to conclude the evening's activities.

• Kitty Petar was elected as lone new member, and became the 99th person to be chosen as a Hoop Historian.

• Hoop Historians Billy T Haynes, Joe Klebon, Don MacKay, Dennis Mishko all climbed the mountain which was adjacent to the Hoop Historians Headquarters.

• Al Sack and Joe Spagnolo flew 1,756 miles round-trip to Dallas in the same day to witness the solar eclipse and made it back in time for the championship game.

• Joe Klebon won the fourth annual Hoop Historians Hoop Hysteria Contest, correctly identifying UConn as the champion and Purdue as a Final Four team.
  
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