And This Was My Happy Face!

My cousin’s boyfriend got season tickets to see the UA basketball games.  She couldn’t make the first exhibition game so he invited me instead.  I was like a kid in a candy store!  I’ve seen many UA games on television, and even a few live games too, but I have never been so close (I was in the 7^th row!).

This was my view!

And this was my happy face!

I have been a fan of the Wildcats since Steve Kerr came to talk to my school in 4^th grade.  I’m not going to lie, when he came I wasn’t very into the sport and I didn’t understand why everyone was making a big deal about him coming.  I actually have a vague memory of being irritated because his talk cut out something I was looking forward to doing.  Why was everyone getting all crazy about getting his autograph on their basketball?!  If I could go back in time, one thing I would do is buy my younger self a basketball and force him to get it signed by Steve Kerr.

That's great, now can we leave?!
I have sand rubies to collect.

But when he spoke there was just something about the passion he spoke with; I totally got caught up in the excitement that everyone else was exuding and I was hooked!  I was a fan for life - I guess it didn’t hurt that they made it to the final four for the first time later that year. Okay, we probably could have done without this though:

I made my parents buy me a hoop and pretended I was Steve Kerr!  I was pretty sure I was going to be an NBA star (too bad no one told my 5’9” frame that).

So to be able to see the team play for the first time where I had a better view of the actual game than looking up at the jumbotron was a highlight of my fandom.  They crushed Humbolt State by over 40 points! Grant it, Humbolt State is no Duke, but it is a step in the right direction toward a potentially awesome season. People are calling the UA freshman class the best in the nation this year. My cousin’s boyfriend says that I can have my cousin’s ticket anytime she is unable to go to the game.  The idea that I might be able to watch a few more games this season from such a great vantage makes me positively giddy.

Yayyyy!

Until next we meet.