A couple of quotes from the press…
- “To recap Wednesday night’s thrilling, deflating, exhilarating, one-for-the-ages basketball game in the Erwin Center”
- “one of the greatest games ever played in this arena”
I went to the UT vs. A&M men’s basketball game last night, and WOW! what a game. I went with my nemesis’ husband, Rahul, who I happen to be friends with. The “guy’s night out” permission was granted on the excuse that going to the game was Rahul’s birthday present from said nemesis. We never actually bought tickets, so we were forced to try and scalp some. It had been years since I had scalped tickets, but I’ve done it many times. I’d say 75% of the Cowboy’s games I’ve been to involved bying tickets from scalpers. The thing to know about scalpers is their prices are very fluid. We’d be quoted a price of $250 per ticket, and not 10 seconds later, it would be 250 for 2 tickets. We had a budget, and were able to get tickets within that, so we were happy. When we actually sat down (after being relieved of our fear the tickets were fake after they were successfully scanned), we were very happy because the seats were great!
The game was phenomenal! Easily one of the best sporting events I’ve ever attended. The quotes at the top are from various articles on the game. I only had my phone on me, so the photo below is low quality. Nevertheless, it’s a pic of the team celebrating right after the clock hit 0:00 (for the third time of course because the game went into double overtime!)
One final thought. It had been a long time since I had been around a large number of college students, and I quickly realized that’s a very effective way to feel old. They stood up most of the game. I sat down. They screamed and shouted the entire game. I started to get a headache midway through the second half from cheering. They went out to party and celebrate the victory. I was excited to get home before midnight.
