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Message: [QUOTE="tomcat, post: 1993233, member: 961"] It was great meeting DannyK and Phil. Wish there had been more time to see more UConn people. ITt's always fun to attach faces to the names of BYers. A few perspectives on the game: -- By way of introduction, We made a last-minute decision to use air miles and fly out. We could not get seats in the reserved section, but were offered something called Loge seats for the same price. This is a row of seats, right behind the reserved seats, featuring really comfortable chairs (picture comfortable office chairs) and a counter on which to lean and to conveniently place food and drink. The view was spectacular. I am certain we will never watch a live game under more comfortable circumstance. -- SMU is an interesting campus, and the neighborhood in which it sits is nearly spectacular, with lots of old (maybe 1920-1940 homes in Tudor and Colonial styles) and very well-kept houses. You know you're at Southern Methodist when you order a popcorn at the arena food booth and note that a portion of the proceeds goes to the neighboring Methodist church. -- We were stunned at the number of UConn fans in attendance. We talked to some people who used to live in Wethersfield and chose to retire to Texas rather than Florida, and they said there's a surprising number of retirees in Texas, and they often show up for games in Dallas and/or Houston. -- We were not surprised that UConn could not sustain the incredible momentum they built up in the USF game. The first quarter was much the same as the previous game, but SMU's coach seemed able to get his players focused on playing better in the second quarter, and his team actually did some good things throughout the rest of the game. I thought a couple of their players did well -- one working her tail off to achieve a double-double, which is pretty damn impressive -- against the best competition they'll ever see. -- Geno's comments that you have to see Gabby play in person to appreciate her was spot on. She already is my favorite player, but in this game, I spent some time focused on how she plays defensive, and the word ":disruptive" hardly begins to describe her. -- The worst thing about the game was that at the end, there was no organized way for UConn fans to celebrate the win. Of course, that's reasonable given it was not UConn's house, but more than a few fans were frustrated and stayed until all UConn personnel left the floor after the many media interviews. It was sort of like, "Well, what do we do now?" and there really was no good answer. --The experience made my wife think about seeing if we can get to the NCAA Final Four this year. Up to now, that had not been on the "possible" list, but Dallas seemed manageable and the team is just so much fun to watch. [/QUOTE]

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