Basketball Basketball Basketball

If you're wondering what we were up to this weekend, the title of this post pretty much sums it up! What a great weekend for KU Basketball! Our Big 12 tournament action started on Friday morning, but because my office is way into KU sports, I didn't have to miss a single minute of the game, because it was showing on big screens in our training room and in our break room. My coworkers and I had lunch together, had tons of snacks, and watched the Jayhawks comfortably defeat the Sooners.

Saturday's game against K-State was a little more competitive, and although we only won by 6 points (67-61), we felt like the boys in blue had the game pretty much under control the entire time. We enjoyed lunch at Jack's and cheered on the 'Hawks with a few hundred other patrons. Watching it there meant that I could quickly get to the shelter (which is only a few blocks away) for pictures as soon as the game was over.

Today's championship game against UT was absolutely amazing. It started much like our first game against them last Saturday, with Texas jumping out to a huge lead after making amazing shot after amazing shot during the first 15 minutes. KU was down by more than 20 points, and yet somehow we knew they could still pull out the win, because we knew Texas couldn't go on shooting so well! The Longhorns started to get colder toward the end of the half, and KU started making some 3-pointers and going to the line, until we were down by only 5 at the half!

The second half was a battle, with Jayhawks getting into some foul trouble thanks to some questionable calls by the refs, and injury trouble thanks to some really rough play! We took the lead with a few minutes left in the game, only to give them back a 4-point lead with 1:01 remaining. After Sherron made a jump-shot and Texas made only one free-throw at the other end, Mario saved the day with a 3-pointer to tie the game and send it to overtime!

Overtime was a nail biter, but KU managed to keep Kevin Durant at bay and hit free-throws down the stretch, to come away with the win, 88-84. It was so very exciting! Our win solidified our #1 seed in the NCAA Tourney--I'm already nervous for next weekend! Let the bracket building begin!