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Post by 77SU on Mar 1, 2023 20:59:36 GMT -5
Left home this morning with a Bojangles biscuit in one hand and the steering wheel in the other on our way to another SoCon Basketball Tournament.
Pulled into the hotel parking lot just as the WBB team was getting back from their afternoon practice. We are sharing the hotel with the teams of one other school. Of course it's Mrs77's least favorite, so she is hoping they leave before we do. Our checkout time is next Tuesday morning, so we will see who else will be around for breakfast that day.
First tip in the morning is at 11am EDT with the upper deck filled with hundreds of screaming school children. What a way to start the day! The kids yell for whoever gets a ball in the basket.
We will be sitting in new seats this year because the SoCon has yielded to the pressure of the media types who thought sitting behind the baseline was beneath their dignity. In their infinite wisdom the SoCon decided to let the media folks (what all 3 or 4 of them?) take over the section of center court seats between the sections provided for the competing teams fans. Rather than selling ~150 reserved seats for each game to eager-to-pay fans, those prime seats have been given away to the media types that come mostly for the free food in the hospitality suite.
Unfortunately I do not have the literary skills and reporting ability of the infamous bulldogblog, or I would have applied for a couple of media credentials.
Round ball season begins in earnest tomorrow!
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Post by SU DOG on Mar 1, 2023 22:23:04 GMT -5
Keep us posted on everything.
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Post by subrccs on Mar 1, 2023 22:42:51 GMT -5
Wish I were meeting you there!
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Post by Jiggs on Mar 1, 2023 22:50:06 GMT -5
Driving up on Friday.
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Post by SU 97 on Mar 2, 2023 7:56:22 GMT -5
Left home this morning with a Bojangles biscuit in one hand and the steering wheel in the other on our way to another SoCon Basketball Tournament. Pulled into the hotel parking lot just as the WBB team was getting back from their afternoon practice. We are sharing the hotel with the teams of one other school. Of course it's Mrs77's least favorite, so she is hoping they leave before we do. Our checkout time is next Tuesday morning, so we will see who else will be around for breakfast that day. First tip in the morning is at 11am EDT with the upper deck filled with hundreds of screaming school children. What a way to start the day! The kids yell for whoever gets a ball in the basket. We will be sitting in new seats this year because the SoCon has yielded to the pressure of the media types who thought sitting behind the baseline was beneath their dignity. In their infinite wisdom the SoCon decided to let the media folks (what all 3 or 4 of them?) take over the section of center court seats between the sections provided for the competing teams fans. Rather than selling ~150 reserved seats for each game to eager-to-pay fans, those prime seats have been given away to the media types that come mostly for the free food in the hospitality suite. Unfortunately I do not have the literary skills and reporting ability of the infamous bulldogblog, or I would have applied for a couple of media credentials. Round ball season begins in earnest tomorrow! What really sucks in that situation is you know they won't be in those seats more than 10 minutes of any game. What a dumb decision on the part of the SoCon. Can't say I'm surprised.
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Post by Cujo on Mar 2, 2023 8:39:41 GMT -5
Enjoy the trip. Don’t sweat the seats. Life’s too short. Enjoy the wins.
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Post by 77SU on Mar 2, 2023 12:58:20 GMT -5
Wofford dismissed WCU. Both of these teams were running out of gas in the 4th qtr. S&C is key.
Next game is UNCG v Mercer.
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Post by 77SU on Mar 2, 2023 15:19:50 GMT -5
Free basketball since Mercer tied game under 5 seconds at 55-55.
UNCG over Mercer 63-59
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Post by SU DOG on Mar 2, 2023 15:23:01 GMT -5
OT for UNCG vs Mercer. If you are watching just WHY WHY didn't UNCG foul the Bears? There were 28 seconds left and UNCG had only ONE foul. They could have easily used fouls to run down the clock. Oh well.
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Post by 77SU on Mar 2, 2023 15:47:14 GMT -5
Reason to watch next game are the Sugar Mocs.
UNCG didn't have a pep band in attendance. The Mercer band at the end of their game were given purple "_urman Honor Band" t-shirts and appeared to be the rental band since _urman band can't come. Now the Mercer kids have shed the aforementioned t-shirts, deposited them in a cardboard box, and have left the building. Guess the check bounced 😬
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