On PSU basketball
Just in case you're wondering about the flurry of posts, today was a snow day. PSU cancelled classes for as far as I know, the first time since I was a student in 1993.
Anyway... Shan and I had a fun evening. N8Ball called early this afternoon -- he had many extra tickets for the PSU/OSU basketball game. He bought them for friends & family who were planning to attend, but couldn't make the game because of the snow. So we braved the snow, went out for chinese food and went to the game. We proudly wore our "Amaechi Tea Company" t-shirts Nate made for Meech during his years at Penn State.
When Nate was on the team I used to go to the games frequently, and he turned me into a basketball fan. Over the years, my interest in basketball has waned, and with PSU 11th in the Big Ten, I haven't been to a game this year. In fact, I don't think I've been to a PSU men's basketball game since before the Jordan Center opened in 1995.
The team started things off pretty well against a top ten (top five?) opponent -- a few minutes into the game, and it was 10 - 6 Penn State. Well, it got ugly after that, and pretty soon it was 40 - 19 at the half, with OSU ahead by 21. The halftime show "Quick Change" was pretty amazing, so we thought regardless of the outcome of the game, we at least enjoyed that. Well, in the second half, Penn State woke up, and pretty soon it was 43 - 56, and we thought that maybe PSU could make it respectable. Then, suddenly it was 52 - 60, and then 60 - 64. Of course, with seconds left in the game, the refs blew a call (an OSU player ran over a PSU player, knocking him down on the inbounds pass). Amazingly, though, the OSU player missed the front end of a 1 and 1, and PSU got a shot off at the buzzer, only to clank off the rim, ending the game 62 - 64.
All in all, it was a fun night at the BJC, which *almost* ended in an amazing upset.
Anyway... Shan and I had a fun evening. N8Ball called early this afternoon -- he had many extra tickets for the PSU/OSU basketball game. He bought them for friends & family who were planning to attend, but couldn't make the game because of the snow. So we braved the snow, went out for chinese food and went to the game. We proudly wore our "Amaechi Tea Company" t-shirts Nate made for Meech during his years at Penn State.
When Nate was on the team I used to go to the games frequently, and he turned me into a basketball fan. Over the years, my interest in basketball has waned, and with PSU 11th in the Big Ten, I haven't been to a game this year. In fact, I don't think I've been to a PSU men's basketball game since before the Jordan Center opened in 1995.
The team started things off pretty well against a top ten (top five?) opponent -- a few minutes into the game, and it was 10 - 6 Penn State. Well, it got ugly after that, and pretty soon it was 40 - 19 at the half, with OSU ahead by 21. The halftime show "Quick Change" was pretty amazing, so we thought regardless of the outcome of the game, we at least enjoyed that. Well, in the second half, Penn State woke up, and pretty soon it was 43 - 56, and we thought that maybe PSU could make it respectable. Then, suddenly it was 52 - 60, and then 60 - 64. Of course, with seconds left in the game, the refs blew a call (an OSU player ran over a PSU player, knocking him down on the inbounds pass). Amazingly, though, the OSU player missed the front end of a 1 and 1, and PSU got a shot off at the buzzer, only to clank off the rim, ending the game 62 - 64.
All in all, it was a fun night at the BJC, which *almost* ended in an amazing upset.
posted by Chris at 9:46 PM
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