Thursday, March 1, 2012

I am an expert on Basketball

It's true. I am. I went to three games in February. That makes me an expert. I understand the general concept of the game and about three rules. I've also determined that there are a few too many rules and that people should just be able to play (I feel the same way about football).
Ok, so three games maybe doesn't make me an expert. But, it was enough to know that basketball games are exciting and fast-paced. I like that they don't drag on forever and for the most part, people are moving all the time.
A couple of weeks ago, I let K drag me to her cousin's game out in the burbs (ok, so maybe she didn't really have to drag me. I may have had an ulterior motive for going to the game against a certain other suburban college. Some of you will know what I'm talking about and some of you won't. I will neither confirm or deny anything). Either way, it was fun and really intense. So, when her cousin's team was playing in their conference tournament last weekend, I let myself get dragged to that game as well. (This had nothing to do with the team that played before them that night.) When his team won their game to move on to the championship game the next night, I found that I was actually a little disappointed that I wouldn't be able to go to that game due to ballet tickets. However, it worked out that we were able to switch our ballet tickets and go to the game. It was intense! I found myself standing most of the game so that I could see all the action and being really worried at the end of the first half when the game was a little too close for comfort. I felt relieved when K's cousin's team got themselves a nice comfortable lead in the second half. And, I couldn't help but have a big smile on my face when they won the game!
To top it all off, I couldn't wait to find out this past Monday where they would play next as they move on to NCAA tournament play. I was so mad at the website when I couldn't find the information I was looking for 1 minute after they said it would be up!
I guess I may not be an expert at Basketball but somehow, I think I have turned into a fan.

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