So, I got to enjoy Katie playing in her Powder Puff football game.\u00a0 Since I was stuck in the parking lot, I tried to watch the end of the San Diego State vs Charleston game.\u00a0 As I waited for the lot to clear, I knew was there was 50 seconds left, Charleston decided to let San Diego State walk up (horrible mistake), got them to get a horrible shot at the end of the shot clock (looking better), and then fouled the three pointer shooter (which should have probably been game).\u00a0 But Charleston drove down the field and cut the lead again to 3 – as I am excited for a great ending.\u00a0 And then my phone signal gave up.\u00a0 Next thing I knew, the game was over and San Diego State had held on.<\/p>\n
So, I thought – that kind of stinks but now I will pick up Charlie, and with the next game to end being Arizona vs Princeton, I should be fine.\u00a0 And the Wildcats are up 8 – no big deal.\u00a0 I did get the game on the March Madness app, and slowly, Princeton starts coming back.\u00a0 I got to the high school and watched, and Arizona looked lifeless.\u00a0 Princeton took one down, drove to the basket, missed, but no one blocked out, so a Princeton player skied in and dunked it.\u00a0 And the lead continued to shrink.<\/p>\n
Then, Charlie got in and we started heading home.\u00a0 And I hear the announcer say that Princeton has taken the lead.\u00a0 I thought – serves Arizona right.\u00a0 The couple of times I got to see the game in the parking lot, Princeton was playing their hearts out, so I hope they pull this out.\u00a0 And then at some point, I hear Arizona has the ball with 1 minute 37.\u00a0 Then it dawned on me.\u00a0 Not only did Princeton have the lead, but there is not much time left.\u00a0 I had been driving and not paying attention to the clock.\u00a0 Then, I hear that Princeton builds the lead to 3.\u00a0 Then I hear Charlie say – oh my gosh that is an airball, the announcer say some one tried to save the ball, and Charlie say that’s off – oh my gosh, Princeton just won.\u00a0 Then he said, well – they haven’t won but they won.<\/p>\n
So, we pull into the driveway and I grab the phone.\u00a0 There is three seconds left and it is a one-and-one.\u00a0 The Princeton player hits the back of the rim, the ball bounces high in the air, and then finds the net.\u00a0 The Tigers are up 4 points with 3 seconds to play.\u00a0 He misses the second free throw, but it doesn’t matter.\u00a0 Arizona lazily walked the ball up a couple feet and throw the ball towards the basket – knowing their season is over.<\/p>\n
And #15 seed Princeton has advanced to the second round!!!!!!\u00a0 I wish I could have seen more of it – but at least I got to listen to the finish.\u00a0 And thanks to the Ivy League Champions, it took exactly 7 games to ensure that all 357 entries in our pool all had their perfect brackets ruined.\u00a0 Everyone has lost at least one game.\u00a0 Then again, should anyone be surprised.\u00a0 Are we really supposed to believe a 15 seed is going to win?\u00a0 We all should know better – it is March!!!!\u00a0 Everyone has a chance to win once the ball is tipped.\u00a0 And this afternoon, the better team was the Princeton Tigers!!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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