We were on a 9 day vacation, on our way to Napa and then Monterey. I doubt if Uber would have covered our transportation needs.
I'm disappointed there wasn't better coordination among UConn backers so we could all sit together. I warned you this would happen if we let our entertainment coordinator Julie McCoy join the Love Boat.Me too. I called the UCLA ticket office (not a broker), bought two general admission tickets for $8 a piece which are on the next level. If you want to sit with Joepa, you have to call a broker, and be prepared to dig D-E-E-P down in your wallet. The prices they are charging for those "between the basket" seats, a row or two from the floor are high. Since UConn only comes west once every 3 or so years, if you're a real fan, you don't mind paying extra for a good seat.
The wife and I will enjoy the game from our second level seats proudly attired in our UConn gear. Admittedly though, we'd enjoy the game a lot more if we were sitting next to Joepa. UCLA should keep it interesting for 2 to 2 and a half quarters. I expect UConn to take full control of the game by the end of the third quarter.
UCLA will be good this year, but not good enough to seriously challenge UConn. They are in for a serious dog fight in the Pac 12 this year. Stanford is always tough. Now Oregon (Sabrina Ionescu) and Oregon State have become formidable lately. Cal and Arizona State (Courtney Ekmark) should not be over looked either.
For those of you coming from Connecticut, try and get your tickets through the UConn ticket office if possible.
When UConn came west in November of 2014 for games against UC Davis and Stanford, the UConn fans (there were many) were not in a particular section (which would have been preferred). In both venues, I (dressed to the nines in my UConn gear) was surrounded by hostiles. I would have preferred to be seated among my fellow UConn Husky support group. We were spread out all over the arena those two nights.
There was a small contingent of UConn fans behind the UConn bench on he second level (where I wanted to be) in Maples Pavilion. They have to have gotten those seats through UConn. When I called the Stanford ticket office, I specifically told the agent I was a UConn fan, and I wanted to sit with other UConn fans. That maybe why she had the last laugh, and put me in the middle of a sea of red. There was not a UConn fan within 20 yards of our seats.
The Cardinal fans around us were nice as it were, but it got real ugly, loud and crazy right after the final horn sounded. Pandemonium and euphoria broke out. Cardinal fans were jumping up and down and hugging each other like they had just won the national championship. It was a l-o-n-g walk back to the car.
I'm going to enjoy the UCLA game regardless of my seat location because I'll be watching the game in person. Something fans out of state (Connecticut) don't get to do that often unless you live near a university that UConn plays on a regular basis. Those of you that live locally, can go to a game anytime you wish. If I lived within a 100 miles of Storrs, I'd be a season ticket holder every year. You guys are lucky. You get to watch the best women's college basketball team in the country in person anytime time you wish.
Those of us "out of towners" have to settle for watching them on TV. As you know, watching a game on TV versus in person is not the same. I'd much rather be in the stands sitting among my fellow Husky fans, eating hotdogs & popcorn and washing it all down with a few cold ones. Now THAT"S living!!!
It looks as if they don't sell tix for the upper level for WCBB.
#1. They had no practice facilities then. A bucket of balls after 3 days of driving would have been nice.
Everything breaks toward the ocean.
Needless to say, I enlightened them.
I was only able to get General admission seats. I am planning to buy scalper tickets on site, if available.
10 and 11 are very long par 4's along the ocean.,,,if the wind is blowing that are a bear...however, they are not really blind shots as they are straight....8 is the hole with an up the hill blind tee shot that sets up what many call the greatest second shot in golf, often a 170-200 yd shot over a gorge to a well defended green..11 is a short uphill par 4 with a slight dogleg and after being on the ocean for the last 6 hole seems like a disappointment...probably TMI but i could go on and on about Pebble( and Cypress, Spyglass and MPCC)Everything breaks toward the ocean.
As I recall, the tee shots on 8, 9, 10, and 11 are blind. Probably others too.
