Fangirlin' It

Ahaha, I totally meant to make this post earlier, but here goes.

I decided to go on the charter bus down to Charleston to see the SoCon Championship game between Davidson and Elon last night. After a nice three-hour ride, we arrived at North Charleston Arena to the marvelous sight of several hundred other Davidson fans. I talked with russianmissile for a bit before he had to get back down to the pep band (which looked and sounded great!), and then scouted around to find the Kayliesaur's pater. Pater-unit found, we thoroughly enjoyed the red sea of Davidson fans, and using the other team's band to do cheers for the 'Cats.

The 'Cats came out strong on both sides of the ball; looked a bit rushed on a couple shots, and Elon's D was surprisingly quick, but we soon settled down. The one thing that just about every fan noticed was the inequity of the officiating. It wasn't truly awful or anything, just that there were several calls on Elon that should have been made, and one or two on us that shouldn't've (like the out-of-bounds on J-Rich--what was that about?), and it brought down the level of enjoyment a bit.

It was great fun to be able to really get the whole crowd loud and cheering all the time; that is a bit of a problem at home games. Thankfully, even with all the more than slightly inebriated fans, we didn't have any arseholish incidents. Stephen Curry was, as usual, absolutely stunning. Several times I turned to Mr McKayliesaur and was like, "How did he DO that?!" A-mazing. There were tons of little moments that stick out in my mind, but then this post would just be unwieldy, so I'll keep it short.

We came on strong in the second half, eventually pulling away to make it 65-49 final. When we got to the final two minutes or so, the band struck up what's become, over our last four years, the Davidson theme song: Sweet Caroline. It was wonderful to be able to drown out the whole stadium for the last two minutes, and keep singing it about ten or twelve times before the night was done.

I have to say, one of my favourite moments was when the team was accepting the trophy, and all the students in the crowd start chanting, "THANK YOU, SENIORS!" because so many of the guys on the team graduate this year.

Next up is first round of the NCAA; I really hope we get both a good seed and a close location. There's a possibility we could wind up in Raleigh, over Easter Break, which would just be fantastic.

Our bus got back here at three am, so even though I dragged my sorry ass to my 10 am class and lunch, no less, I need a nap before I fall over.

My God, what a year we're having! Nationally ranked for the first time in ages, nation's longest winning streak, and Stephen Curry. It's a great day to be a Wildcat, indeed.

Next up: either App State or Greensboro!

ETA: Ok it seems Greensboro beat App, so we'll play them sometime tomorrow.

ETA: Six o'clock tonight, gametime!