Basketball pilgrimage

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Hickory High
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So throughout my life, I've kind of been making a mental, basketball-specific bucketlist, or as I've started calling it, a basketball pilgrimage that I want to make at some point in my life. Curious what all of you think/would suggest adding. Here's what's on mine so far:

It has to start in Indiana. Bill Simmons has argued Indiana is the Mecca of basketball, and I'd have to agree (as I normally do, so I'm biased)
-Go to French Lick, Indiana
-Go to Milan, Indiana, the place where Hoosiers was filmed
-Go to a Purdue-Indiana game
-Go to a Butler game
-Go to an Indiana State game
-Go to a Pacers-Knicks game

Other things:
-Go to a Duke-UNC game
-Go to a Xavier-Cincinnati game
-Go to a Iowa-Iowa State game
-Go to a Kentucky-Louisville game
-Go to some of the Big 5 games in Philly (St. Joseph's, Villanova, La Salle, Temple, and Penn)
-Tour/experience all the most popular park basketball courts in New York. Street basketball has a fascinating history. If you don't know about it, I highly recommend checking out the documentary Doin' It In The Park.
-Go to a Celtics game in the Garden
-Check out the Washington D.C. streetball scene
-Go to a Georgetown game
-Go to some Chicago high school games, namely Simeon, St. Jospeh, and Fenwick
-Go to a Bulls-Pistons game
-Go to a Clippers-Warriors game
-This is more unrealistic, but I would like to see basketball in Lithuania and other parts of eastern Europe. They're diehard basketball people there.

What have I missed/what would you add?
mike_ags_fan12
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Head Ninja In Charge
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1. MSG for a Knicks game
2. NBA Dunk Contest
3. NBA 3 Point Contest
4. Rucker in the summer
5. Olympic Final where the US is playing
6. West 4th Street/The Cage in the summer
7. Cameron Indoor for Duke/UNC
8. Drew League in the summer
9. McDonald's All-American game
10. Olypiacos game in person
Head Ninja In Charge
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Honorable Mention: A random Oak Hill game
Hickory High
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I'd also kinda like to visit the courts where White Men Can't Jump was filmed in Los Angeles.
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Highly recommend playing street ball in NYC at the west 4th street, second ave (2nd & Houston), and Rucker parks in your lifetime (preferably under 35, or the kids will destroy you unless you're an ex pro). Some of the best ball players I've ever played against. Hell, one time Chris brown showed up, and another time, D Wade showed up (both at the W 4th street court )
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I played in a tournament in Spokane, WA, last summer, the Spokane 3 on 3 tournament. We got absolutely obliterated in the 4th game by some guys that i swear were professionals acting as amateurs (one guy did a 360 dunk in traffic), but it was really fun to play in. Nate Washington, Gary Payton and some other basketball legends were there. Quite a few ex NBA players also play in the tournament's elite division as well. I really had a lot of fun
Guitarsoup
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Accomplished:

Madison Square Garden (actually saw the Aggies play there)
Boston Garden
Final Four (2x)
NBA Finals
Shot the Spurs home and away
Watch Aggies win in Sold Out Reed Arena
All Star Game
ASG after party
Dunk Contest (Brent Barry's)
3pt Competition

Yet to accomplish:
Watch street games in NYC
Attend clinching game of Finals
Attend Aggies in Final Four
Attend Olympics

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