Photos: The Portland Scene

PORTLAND, Ore. -- The scene at the Rose Garden (or at least what I was able to capture): A Greg Oden-playing-basketball sighting! He's on the far right, still

PORTLAND, Ore. -- The scene at the Rose Garden (or at least what I was able to capture):

A Greg Oden-playing-basketball sighting! He's on the far right, still prominently displayed on the exterior of his old home:

An authentic Portland Bro, striking a pose:

The glamorous media entrance:

#ceilingseries!

This Hoosiers fan beat the team to the arena:

Cody Zeller & Co. enter the building:

The merch table, where you can still get a New Mexico State shirt:

Indiana, getting limber:

From Thursday, a shot of Dan Monson's final moment of solitude before Long Beach State took on New Mexico. I miss the Beach:

VCU's locker-room bracket, which appeared in my Thursday file:

And finally, some video of the VCU band that I had saved from the CAA tournament. They brought the same energy to PDX:

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