wheeeeeeeeeeee
Monday's happy was definitely the KU win. And if you'd told me we were going to win anytime after about the first five minutes of the game until eleven seconds left in regulation, I'd have snarled at you (glass half empty gal here).
We were down eighteen in the first half about the time our current star, Perry Ellis, went down and out with a knee sprain (not that he'd done much with flu, not that anyone had done much.) At the half we were down 40-26.
Our two tallest players aren't starters by a long shot. Our one starting power forward is out still for possible ineligibility issues and our starting small forward/strong forward/whatever the hell he plays didn't show up from the locker room till the game was nearly over and then sat on the bench (and will sit on Saturday and let's pray his knee heels). Yet our one really tall guy who has hardly played this season was three of three from the floor, perfect from the line, and got three steals. Traylor (the guy who didn't punch the K-State fan who slammed into him) suddenly decided to be a ball player again and had some truly gorgeous layups and one massive dunk. Our point guard took over (the one everyone bitched about early in the season after the other point guard--the one everyone wanted to start--absconded to Wichita State).
With eleven seconds left, we tied the game on free throws.
We won in overtime, again, thanks mostly to free throws. We were zero for fifteen from three and yet dominated the paint in the second half because of it, while WV just chucked up jumpers and missed free throws, and fouled out three players (and were down two with injuries to begin with).
The atmosphere as we came back was electric and LOUD. There is truly no better place to watch a college basketball game.
So, we won our 11th Big 12 regular season title in a row outright and it really doesn't matter what we do on Saturday at Oklahoma. I'm hoping that, with the stress of the streak gone, we relax and stomp the Sooners into the dust. :)
I watched it with my dad--he was at a meeting so we taped it and caught up by the end of half-time--and dad said he'd probably have given up if I hadn't been there. Not the kind of game you want to miss.
In fact, I watched the second half and OT again at home in replay which kept me up until 2:00 a.m. and led me to oversleeping. *g*
I also woke up to a dusting of snow, hopefully the last this year, as by Saturday it's supposed to start a week in the 60s.
Voting day for city commission and school board primaries was yesterday. About 12% of registered voters showed up. It's just sad. One guy for each from my church ran and both made it to the main election. Both the incumbents running for the commission made it out of the primaries but they were 4th and 6th in vote totals. People are fed up by their fiscal irresponsibility and want new blood. Today's happy is that I woke up to see that the guy whose sign is in my yard was third overall so I don't have to take down the sign for another month.
I watched SHIELD; really sad about Trip. :(
Still have a cold but feel pretty good so will go to choir tonight even I'm still coughing and can't sing much.
After that I'll take a shower and wash my hair because I've become an old person who can't get up in the morning in time to shower. It's very sad.
Today at work is boring...
We were down eighteen in the first half about the time our current star, Perry Ellis, went down and out with a knee sprain (not that he'd done much with flu, not that anyone had done much.) At the half we were down 40-26.
Our two tallest players aren't starters by a long shot. Our one starting power forward is out still for possible ineligibility issues and our starting small forward/strong forward/whatever the hell he plays didn't show up from the locker room till the game was nearly over and then sat on the bench (and will sit on Saturday and let's pray his knee heels). Yet our one really tall guy who has hardly played this season was three of three from the floor, perfect from the line, and got three steals. Traylor (the guy who didn't punch the K-State fan who slammed into him) suddenly decided to be a ball player again and had some truly gorgeous layups and one massive dunk. Our point guard took over (the one everyone bitched about early in the season after the other point guard--the one everyone wanted to start--absconded to Wichita State).
With eleven seconds left, we tied the game on free throws.
We won in overtime, again, thanks mostly to free throws. We were zero for fifteen from three and yet dominated the paint in the second half because of it, while WV just chucked up jumpers and missed free throws, and fouled out three players (and were down two with injuries to begin with).
The atmosphere as we came back was electric and LOUD. There is truly no better place to watch a college basketball game.
So, we won our 11th Big 12 regular season title in a row outright and it really doesn't matter what we do on Saturday at Oklahoma. I'm hoping that, with the stress of the streak gone, we relax and stomp the Sooners into the dust. :)
I watched it with my dad--he was at a meeting so we taped it and caught up by the end of half-time--and dad said he'd probably have given up if I hadn't been there. Not the kind of game you want to miss.
In fact, I watched the second half and OT again at home in replay which kept me up until 2:00 a.m. and led me to oversleeping. *g*
I also woke up to a dusting of snow, hopefully the last this year, as by Saturday it's supposed to start a week in the 60s.
Voting day for city commission and school board primaries was yesterday. About 12% of registered voters showed up. It's just sad. One guy for each from my church ran and both made it to the main election. Both the incumbents running for the commission made it out of the primaries but they were 4th and 6th in vote totals. People are fed up by their fiscal irresponsibility and want new blood. Today's happy is that I woke up to see that the guy whose sign is in my yard was third overall so I don't have to take down the sign for another month.
I watched SHIELD; really sad about Trip. :(
Still have a cold but feel pretty good so will go to choir tonight even I'm still coughing and can't sing much.
After that I'll take a shower and wash my hair because I've become an old person who can't get up in the morning in time to shower. It's very sad.
Today at work is boring...