2026 Greenville – NCAA Tradition

March 2026

Day 1

Outside the Saskatoon Lodge, getting ready for a dinner.

Dinner at Saskatoon — Wild Game including; Venison, Elk, Duck, Bison and of course Steak

Day 2

Our day started at Waffle House and there were no battles to be had.

Great seats this year in the lower bowl.

Worse stadium designed we ever encountered. A single narrow concourse that doesn’t move.

The Penn Quaker, at first glance it is quite a scary mascot, but he turned out to be very friendly.

Day 3 Ashville

The Biltmore Estate is the largest privately owned mansion in the country. 250 rooms, 68 bedrooms, 48 bathrooms in 175,000 square feet.

A stop for a beer and a tour of the oringinal Wicked Weed Brewery.

Dinner back in Greenville at the Lost Cajun

Day 4

Eugenia Duke Bridge over the Reedy River, famous for Duke Mayonaise and her sandwiches

Day 5

Flour Field, home of the Red Sox farm team the Greenville Drive

The historic bell tower at Furman University

A Confederate rifle at the Museum and Library of Confederate History

Memorable Moments

Three great games on day one with the number 1 seed Duke in the tournament barely winning a game over Sienne that they led for only 4 minutes out of 40. We also had VCU come back from being down 19 to cause an overtime and move on to win the game, sending UNC fans quietly leaving the stadium.

Leo started the trip coughing and ended it the same way. We are awaiting followups to see who else he may have affeted.

No matter what John ordered, the restaurant was out of it. At The Lost Cajun, they were out of Gumbo, At Moes’s BBQ they were out of ribs, and at Rooster they gave John an old menu, so his selctions were no good.

NCAA Greenville 2026

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The Games

1) Duke	\|
	\|	Duke 71-65
16) Sienna	\|		\|
			\|	Duke 81-58
8) Ohio State	\|		\|
	\|	TCU 66-64*
9) TCU	\|

6) North Carolina	\|
	\|	VCU 82-78*
11) VCU	\|		\|
		Illinois 105-70	\|	Illinois 76-65
3) Illinois	\|		\|
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14) Penn	\|

* upsets

Highest Final Seed –