Fans of Marshall, WVU take over Charleston Coliseum with unique opportunity in TBT
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Taylor Stephenson (top row, far left) with a group of Marshall fans on Monday night.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center seats were mostly blue, gold and green on Monday night.
Fans of Herd That, a Marshall-based alumni team, and Best Virginia, a WVU-based alumni team, packed the lower bowl for The Basketball Tournament (TBT). The two teams played Round 2 games of the 64-team winner-take-all $1 million tournament as Charleston is one of four host cities.
Taylor Stephenson, a Herd That fan from Barboursville and Marshall alumna came with a group of around a dozen fans and told MetroNews she could not miss the opportunity.