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**gblowfish** · 02-18-2020, 12:53 PM

My dad used to pull me out of school and we'd go down to Municipal Auditorium and watch the day session, and sometimes stay for the night session. Up to 8 games in a single day! Hey guys: If you have spring fever real bad, and want to spend a day playing hooky, it’s time once again for the NAIA small college (and I mean Small College) national basketball tourney. Me and my pals usually go on Friday, because by Friday, all the teams left have won at least one game. Friday we usually stay to see two or three games and it costs around (if memory serves) $15 or $20 bucks for a day pass. It’s still downtown at Municipal Auditorium. This year its on Friday March 20th. My crew usually shows up around 9 or so, stays until around 2 then go somewhere and get a late lunch and drink a lot. The players are shorter and slower than NCAA guys, the cheerleaders are fat and ugly, and the mascots are God Awful. But its single elimination so the teams play their asses off. It’s a hoot. And it sure beats working on Friday. Anybody going this year?

**Renegade** · 02-18-2020, 01:04 PM

Where I work we hosted the NAIA Division II tournament for 13 years. Like you said, the players give it their all. Not bad entertainment for $15

KCUnited · 02-18-2020, 01:18 PM

My dad did the exact same thing when I was kid. Day and night sessions. Remember rooting for Fort Hays State because they had black unis.

DanT · 02-18-2020, 01:41 PM

My dad would always go for the day and night sessions. I would usually join him for the semi's, and one of my brothers would do the finals (and consolation game) and the other the quarter finals.

02-18-2020, 12:53 PM
gblowfish Be Kind To Your Pets gblowfish's Avatar Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Glorious Independence, MO	NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament in KC My dad used to pull me out of school and we'd go down to Municipal Auditorium and watch the day session, and sometimes stay for the night session. Up to 8 games in a single day! Hey guys: If you have spring fever real bad, and want to spend a day playing hooky, it’s time once again for the NAIA small college (and I mean Small College) national basketball tourney. Me and my pals usually go on Friday, because by Friday, all the teams left have won at least one game. Friday we usually stay to see two or three games and it costs around (if memory serves) $15 or $20 bucks for a day pass. It’s still downtown at Municipal Auditorium. This year its on Friday March 20th. My crew usually shows up around 9 or so, stays until around 2 then go somewhere and get a late lunch and drink a lot. The players are shorter and slower than NCAA guys, the cheerleaders are fat and ugly, and the mascots are God Awful. But its single elimination so the teams play their asses off. It’s a hoot. And it sure beats working on Friday. Anybody going this year?
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02-18-2020, 01:04 PM	#2
Renegade Just Lurking Renegade's Avatar Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Ozark Mountain Country	Where I work we hosted the NAIA Division II tournament for 13 years. Like you said, the players give it their all. Not bad entertainment for $15
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02-18-2020, 01:18 PM	#3
KCUnited Cheat Death KCUnited's Avatar Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Land of Drincoln	My dad did the exact same thing when I was kid. Day and night sessions. Remember rooting for Fort Hays State because they had black unis.
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02-18-2020, 01:41 PM	#4
DanT Veteran Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Davis, CA	My dad would always go for the day and night sessions. I would usually join him for the semi's, and one of my brothers would do the finals (and consolation game) and the other the quarter finals.
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