Recovering From The Epic

"Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game." -Michael Jordan

And oh I did this previous weekend.

During this weekend of the CAA tournament I enjoyed myself and then-some. For those that have no idea what this "tournament" is or what the CAA stands for...here's some quick information.

CAA stands for Colonial Athletic Association. This is a college basketball conference that is considered as a Mid-Major. What does that mean? You know those big names like UNC, Duke, Connecticut, Texas, Syracuse? Yeah...they are in Major conferences. Mid-Major is basically like the second division of collegiate basketball.

But anyway...it was a 4 day tournament at the Richmond Coliseum and I got myself and my significant other tickets for. We had a blast sitting down and just watching 12 schools play hoops while having the occasional adult beverages during the madness.

Now of course as most of you know I'm a VCU fan. So when it was our turn to play, I got super excited, loud, adrenaline pumping, and just flat out scary to others surrounding me in the stands. From the buzzer beater by my boy Jamie Skeen to beat Drexel, to the stomping of ranked opponent George Mason; I was really enjoying myself and happy to rep the Black and Gold of Virginia Commonwealth University.

Unfortunately, Old Dominion beat VCU in the final to win the tournament this year but I was still happy with my team and the tournament overall. We were ranked number 4 so we weren't even suppose to be in the final lol. So that was impressive.

Now the recovering part...I sweat up a storm during that weekend, ate a bunch of fast food from a variety of places, enjoyed my share of beer and screwdrivers and other consumptions of alcohol, lost my voice, lost a few pounds, and flat out just enjoyed my weekend.

I had fun in a losing effort. Of course, I would have been stoked if we won the entire thing and locked a spot in the NCAA tournament in March. But alas, we will just wait til Selection Sunday to see if VCU is going dancing.

But until then....I'll enjoy my time at the Coliseum with fans from VCU, ODU, JMU, William & Mary, Towson, Drexel, Northeastern, Georgia State, Hofstra, Delaware, UNCW, and Delaware. Thanks for the memories.

Hope you people enjoyed yourselves now and in the future...

Back to our regularly scheduled program of life. :P