Owl-Husky Talk

Listening to :: Nothing (It's the day music died! Music Education Awareness Month, duh.)

I am Zan, and I am a huge fan of Uconn.  You must think I'm just another bandwagon-er, but you'd be sorely mistaken.  Ever since I was little, I remember going to Uconn basketball games, pep rallies, and other events with my family.  For as long as I can remember, Uconn was THE school that I wanted to go to.

Now, as I sit here typing in Philadelphia, you must be wondering 'How did this girl end up at Temple then?' Well, let's go back to a faraway time - senior year in high school.  Now I applied to several places, but my top two picks were Uconn, of course, and Temple. Uconn was amazing, the campus was beautiful, they had a good band, and the academics were great, but the prices was really high for out of state-ers.  Temple was a little dirty, just as good education, was known to have a good music program, AND the price was pretty good.  So when it came down to the wire,  I had my father choose for me, and he chose Temple because of the proximity to him, and because it'd be pretty easy to transfer if I didn't like it.  So ever since, I've been an owl who half-wished she were a husky.

Back to the present - this past Sunday and Tuesday Temple had the chance to hold the Women's Sweet Sixteen/Elite Eight games, so of course my family went! Uconn was in the first game, and boy was that a stressful game!  Georgetown was a great team and not intimidated at all by Uconn, and as a result they actually overtook Uconn several times.  Luckily though, Uconn pulled through and they passed onto the Elite Eight.  The second game on Sunday was a lot less hair raising.  It was Duke vs. DuPaul, and although it was pretty tight, Duke had a clear advantage over DuPaul.

Going into the Tuesday game, I was seriously worried that Uconn might lose to Duke.  When we got there and the two teams started to warm up, it was apparent that Duke was a bit shaken by their competition.  While Uconn would miss a few baskets here and there in their warm-ups, Duke wasn't doing too well.  I'm not saying that they're not a fantastic team-because they definitely are-but it seemed like they were intimidated by Uconn's previous performance.  As the game started, it was pretty tight, but with each basket Uconn made, the spread was further and further apart.  Even worse for Duke-every time that they would get possession, Uconn would snatch it right out of their hands and then make another basket like it was nothing.  Several times throughout the game, Uconn's score was double that of Dukes! And I'm not talking 10-5, I'm talking about like 50-25 and 66-33. It was insane, but highly pleasing.

Some fun little anecdotes from Tuesday that don't really matter, but I thought they were hilarious.  During the time outs, there was a huge rivalry between the Duke Devil and the Uconn Husky.  The Devil even had a piece of tape that read "UNCONNstitutional," which I thought was a little lackluster, honestly.  The real rivalry started before the game, when the Devil would taunt Uconn's mascot, team, etc. with various dismissing movements.  Uconn took it in stride, though, and at one point the Husky even wagged it's butt at the Devil's attempt to shake him.  Another fun-but-not-so-related story is every time Duke would try to score free throws, two Temple students would yell something to the effect of "T U!" or "LET'S GO TEMPLE" and, surprisingly, sometimes it worked! Oh the power of Temple. <3

Sunday!!

Of course, because I'm just a little off when it comes to Uconn, I decked myself out in Uconn wear. Little did I know that every single team's main colour was blue on Sunday! Luckily I had my Uconn hoodie to show my allegences, and all was right with the world.  I even did my make-up and hair in blue, and for Tuesday I had blue nail polish as well.  I think my team spirit lent itself pretty well to the victory. Haha, just kidding. Uconn's ladies are fantastic with or without my fandom.

Tuesday!!

So I think it's obvious what I'll be doing this weekend-following the Men's and Women's Final Four and Championships!

Be a Good Sport and Hug Somebody!
HEART
Zan

 :: A Quote To Leave You By ::

"You know, there are just as many Duke graduates waiting on tables as there is from any other school in the country. They may just be working at a better restaurant."

~ Geno Auriemma before Uconn's first game ever at Duke~