From The Ford Center

Oklahoma took to the Ford Center floor about 15 minutes ago.

And the cheers were deafening.

The arena definitely isn’t full for tonight’s regional semifinals in the NCAA women’s basketball tournament. The curtain is pulled on about two-thirds of the upper deck, and the seats that are open upstairs aren’t full. The lower bowl, though, is almost at capacity.

Honestly, I thought there might be more folks than this.

Considering the paltry crowds at some of the other regionals, this is a fantastic turnout. But the advance sale numbers were big — nearly 10,000. It’ll be interesting to see what the attendance number ends up being tonight.

Might not break the all-time record for NCAA women’s basketball regionals, but I suspect it will easily be the biggest regional this year.

Stay tuned for more from The FC.