You think the sweater was bad on TV? You should try sitting four rows behind it. *shudders from head to toe*
Watching the UConn coaching staff come in was a hoot and a half, because it looks for all the world like Geno has a posse. How many other teams have as many people in streets as UConn? In addition to the three regular ACs, both Maria Conlon and Morgan Valley were on the sidelines. I was this close to yelling for the coaches to come in, but they probably still would have extended the lead.
There's something very wrong when you pass through more security at a college arena than you do at a pro arena. SJU has full-fledged metal detectors, unlike the Garden or CAA. Tres weird. And if you can smuggle in your own food for a big game, do so. I stood on line for half an hour at the concession stand, plotting interesting ways to kill my mom. "Save yourself the trouble of getting up later, go get the pretzels now..." Yeah, me and seven hundred other people!
In defense of the Red Storm, they were completely mentally out of it. Coach kept calling for them to go inside, no matter how ineffective it was, and no one seems to have had the guts to say, "Uh, Coach, they're way taller than us and our shots keep getting blocked into the bleachers. Maybe we should try using that outside shooting we're so good at?" You'd think a team that faces UConn every year would be less intimidated at this point.
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