I was at the Norfolk State/Mizzou game. That was probably one of the most hostile crowds a team could have faced in an opening round game. Especially considering the circumstances. They were the favored high seed and the travel distance to Omaha wasn't much more than probably a 5 or 6 hour drive for many of their fans. Norfolk St had 13 fans there.
As usual the random crowd gets behind the underdog, but Kansas was also there that weekend. Ku was playing in a different region, but obviously closer distance than Mizzou. KU was set to play right afterwards, so their fans were in the building for the 2nd half of Mizzou. I didn't see a lot of Mizzou fans there. I think they were waiting to travel to the sweet 16 instead. 85% of that arena was rooting against Mizzou late in that game, and it was a BIG KU crowd that day.
Might as well been playing on the road. Norfolk had to work hard for every point. Mizzou scored at will. If there wasn't a scoreboard in the gym, I woulda swore Mizzou was winning by 15 late. Norfolk played their ***** off that day.
