CHICOPEE, Mass. (WGGB\/WSHM) — Monday night is set to be the biggest night in college basketball, and one Western Massachusetts bar owner is pulling for the underdog. <\/p>\n
The calendar might say April, but at least for now, March is still on the top of everyone\u2019s mind. The neighboring UConn Huskies will face off against the Michigan Wolverines Monday night for the NCAA Men\u2019s Basketball National Championship Game in Indianapolis. <\/p>\n
Western Mass News spoke with Billy Stetson, the owner of Rumbleseat Bar & Grille in Chicopee, who tells us, \u201cIt\u2019s a day where we shut the jukebox off, turn up the volume for the NCAA tournament. It\u2019s going to be a lot of interest here. We have half-price wings tonight as part of our NCAA. NCAA seems to like their championship games on Mondays.\u201d <\/p>\n
If the Huskies were to win, it\u2019d be their third national title in four years; a feat that hasn\u2019t been done in the men\u2019s game since the late John Wooden and his UCLA Bruins back in 1975. <\/p>\n
With UConn\u2019s campus only 35 miles away, Stetson expects Husky nation to be representing throughout western Mass. Tonight, \u201cUConn is definitely our New England team, right?.. I think it starts with the women\u2019s team being kind of like the New England representative for 30 years. And I think it transcends into the UConn Husky men\u2019s team.\u201d <\/p>\n
Stetson tells us that his business has been busy all weekend long for the men\u2019s and women\u2019s final four games, and he doesn\u2019t expect that to change any time soon, \u201cThere\u2019s a lot more interest in NCAA sports these days. I think it has something to do with sports gambling. But a lot of the numbers coming out are pretty incredible for their ratings. And it\u2019s no different here.\u201d <\/p>\n
Stetson suggests anyone looking to watch Monday night\u2019s game at the seat should pull up by 8:30 p.m. to guarantee a spot before it fills up. <\/p>\n
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