Hoopin' it Up

With my "vintage" Gopher sweatshirt on and our bags packed, we are heading to Milwaukee for some NCAA tournament action! As soon as our friends and fellow ticket-holders Mike and Christine arrive, we're off!

This is one of those weird things where we had to actually apply for a chance to get the tickets last May. Then we got them but even doing this 10 months in advance, we are still stuck up on the 4th level of the Bradley Center. But who cares? It's live basketball and it will be exciting!

Today's lineup looks like this:

Friday - Session 1
11:25 a.m. (11) Minnesota vs. (6) Xavier
1:45 p.m. (14) Oakland vs. (3) Pittsburgh

Friday - Session 2
6:15 p.m. (10) Georgia Tech vs. (7) Oklahoma State
8:35 p.m. (15) UC Santa Barbara vs. (2) Ohio State

Somewhere between the 2 sessions, we'll run to the hotel to check in, grab some food and head back to the Bradley Center. The winners of the 4 games will play off on Sunday. So we'll see 2 games then before having to come home in a forecasted snowstorm of sorts. Yikes.

On Saturday, there's a good chance we'll be watching basketball on TV (ha). There's also a chance I will connect with my college roommate who also will be in Milwaukee for her daughter's volleyball tournament. I hope so. We haven't seen each other in nearly 20 years. Yes, we are that old. But don't look it one bit.

Carter will be passed around by Jim's family while we're gone. He probably won't have time to miss us but I better go kiss him and hug him goodbye just in case.

Time to go hoop it up!