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Meant to post pictures from the game last night but for some reason the 3G stopped working completely.
Anyway it was pretty fantastic event. We walked in early and the venue was even smaller than I imagined, maybe 3000 people max. First person I see is Jim Calhoun and he is sitting right next to Joe D. You could literally walk up to and chat with whoever you wanted to. Calhoun, Ollie, Bilas, Warde, Herbst, Katz you name it. Had a picture taken with Calhoun and we chatted quickly, he was literally getting swamped with people wanting pictures, autographs etc. In the middle of that, Tom Izzo's wife came over and the poor guy was able to sit down again! Anyway, he was a class act because he was definitely getting hounded way more than anyone else.
Kevin Ollie? Badass, I just wished him luck while he was sitting on the bench watching warmups, another good guy and genuine, he'd been talking to people like me for days and he still wanted to know what I do and where in CT I was.
Game atmosphere was superb and UConn taking the initiative really set the place on fire early. So much athleticism there. Hannah Storm and Kevin Nehgandhi were sitting next to us and you could tell they were enjoying the event, once we were up by 14 or 15 I told Kevin that Germany is UConn Country, after the Napier-Boatwright dunk. He said that he may have to use that haha.
After the game was really touching. The players seemed to want to honor Jim Calhoun and they brought the trophy over, for him.
Our Germans. They were totally motivated to kick ass in their country. They had lots of friends and family there and they were eating up the experience. Good kids all of them.
Boatwright was by far the best athlete in Germany last night! If he didn't have a bad ankle, we could win by ten.
Anyways.. It was pretty cool and I felt it was a really special win for the school.
Anyway it was pretty fantastic event. We walked in early and the venue was even smaller than I imagined, maybe 3000 people max. First person I see is Jim Calhoun and he is sitting right next to Joe D. You could literally walk up to and chat with whoever you wanted to. Calhoun, Ollie, Bilas, Warde, Herbst, Katz you name it. Had a picture taken with Calhoun and we chatted quickly, he was literally getting swamped with people wanting pictures, autographs etc. In the middle of that, Tom Izzo's wife came over and the poor guy was able to sit down again! Anyway, he was a class act because he was definitely getting hounded way more than anyone else.
Kevin Ollie? Badass, I just wished him luck while he was sitting on the bench watching warmups, another good guy and genuine, he'd been talking to people like me for days and he still wanted to know what I do and where in CT I was.
Game atmosphere was superb and UConn taking the initiative really set the place on fire early. So much athleticism there. Hannah Storm and Kevin Nehgandhi were sitting next to us and you could tell they were enjoying the event, once we were up by 14 or 15 I told Kevin that Germany is UConn Country, after the Napier-Boatwright dunk. He said that he may have to use that haha.
After the game was really touching. The players seemed to want to honor Jim Calhoun and they brought the trophy over, for him.
Our Germans. They were totally motivated to kick ass in their country. They had lots of friends and family there and they were eating up the experience. Good kids all of them.
Boatwright was by far the best athlete in Germany last night! If he didn't have a bad ankle, we could win by ten.
Anyways.. It was pretty cool and I felt it was a really special win for the school.
