With the national championship game six hours away, majority of fans were anything but bored.  Hoop City, set up at the Cobo Center, drew the most fans in the history of the event. 25,000 showed up on Saturday, while 29,000 came through on Sunday. The attendance is more than all three days combined last year.

Walking into Hoop City is chaos..you don't even know where to begin. There are tons of interactive games, contests, give-aways, etc. Below are some people sampling Vitamin Water.

I started off at one of the Coke activities where two people with soda bottles tied around the back of their waist tried to move another coke bottle on the ground. The participants could not use their hands or feet, so there was a lot of hip moving. It was pretty funny to watch.

Several of the other activities included shooting baskets over card board cut outs of some greats (Reggie Miller), visiting the Hall of Champions to take a picture with the national championship trophy, getting autographs from Mark Aguirre of DePaul University (1980  Jame Naismith winner) and Richard Hamilton of the Detroit Piston, former UConn guard.

The Hartford Wheelchair Exhibition was another crowd-drawer, as fans gathered in the bleachers to watch the USA Paralympic team.

One of the biggest attractions for kids was "Hang Time". Kids stepped up on a ladder, grabbed the hoop and held on for as long as they could once the ladder was removed. Jermell Stocks was one of the participants when I walked up. He held on for 1:38 and said he wanted another stab at it, because he thought he could do better.  A screen displayed the highest scores of the weekend, and Carly Preston had the best time with 3:48.

 Snow continues to fall here in Detroit, but the excitement is still in the air. In just a few hours, we will crown an NCAA champion.

I just so happened to catch some UNC fans taking a little nap at the Starbucks in the hotel. Looks like they are saving up all of their energy for the game!