If you watched the Final Four on Monday night, the thought might have occurred to you at some point during the broadcast: When are we going to get another one of these things in New Orleans?
Or better yet, when are we going to get another major sporting event like a Super Bowl here?
These are reasonable questions, especially when sprawling, charmless, concrete-intense Houston can land the Final Four and Super Bowl in consecutive years.
The short answer is: Not for a while.
The long answer is more complicated.
The remarkable run we had here a few years ago spoiled us and perhaps raised unrealistic expectations.