Bye Bye #19 Vandy

So its been a good week. We are still on break, which means no classes, lots of time to sleep and the only thing I have to worry about is basketball. Which is a lot to worry about though. We hosted our own tournament right after Christmas where we beat Niagara and North Dakota State both by more than 20. Although they might not have been close games we were able to work on some things that we as a team needed to fix. After the Championship game on Tuesday we hit up the night life of exciting Ames to celebrate our victory along with a teammates 21st birthday. Lets just say we left a pretty good impression on Welch Ave that night as we hit up the karaoke bar where we, as a team, sang Taylor Swift's Love Story and although we might have the worst singing voices ever we definitely entertained the very crowded bar and we are still enjoying the laughs from it. By the end of the night I think combined the team consumed over 60 shots, made a few bad decisions and the next morning combined for only about 10 hours of sleep... lets just say the next day at practice was a rough one. But like champions do we made it through. Unfortuantly we were all to "tired" to really do anything for New Years Eve even though our practice was not till 4pm the next day, many of us enjoyed the drop of the ball from our very own bed or couch but I was not like the rest. I decided to venture out to the bars for another night of craziness in good ole ames. I met up with some friends at the bars and although the smell of alcohol almost made me sick I really enjoyed the night, I had a sip of Champange at midnight and that was the only bit of alcohol I consumed yet the night, from beginning to end, couldn't have been any better!!

The beginning of the New Year has been a great one so far. On saturday January 3rd we knocked off Number 19th in the Country Vanderbilt 55-51 with a little help from Hilton Magic! The game might not have been the prettest but we played hard and proved that we are a very good team. Of course after a win like that we had to celebrate again, and with Sunday off it was no question where you would find us that night. So we proceeded with Round 2 of the week and hit up the night life of ames once again. This time we were a little smarter, in many areas ;), with our decisions that night. Instead of over 60 shots I think we cut it down to 40, and instead of Karaoke we sang with the jukebox. I believe if you ask most of the team they would call this past week and the beginning of a new year a VERY BIG SUCCESS (although maybe a little expensive for some)!!!

Well I am planning on enjoying this last week of break before I begin my last semester of my Senior year. We have one more game before the Big 12 Season starts, then the next few months will be pretty busy with games, traveling and school. But I plan on living it up as it is my last go around...Happy New Years!!
A few from the New Years Eve Group

Celebration after beating Vanderbilt