Spartan faithful bear Minnesota cold for hot seats
MINNEAPOLIS, March 30 - It wasn’t that cold. Not the kind of cold that can keep MSU students from going to class in January or that makes their chests hurt as they inhale on a frosty stroll to class. It wasn’t the Minnesota cold that impressed even Michigan residents. There was something else in the air. For the nearly 600 MSU students who stood in line outside the Airport Hilton in this hoops hotspot - some gathering before dawn - it was cold enough to keep them huddled in groups - some wrapped in blankets and some with their arms pulled inside their MSU sweatshirts. But 40 degrees and clouds weren’t going to stop the MSU faithful from getting their NCAA Final Four tickets - in fact, they might have handled it better than other team’s fans. “Arizona students can’t handle the cold weather like this,” said Katie Collias, an education senior. “We’re used to it.” The Spartans square off against the Arizona Wildcats on Saturday in the Hubert H.
