Cross One Off the Bucket List

Have you seen the movie the Bucket List? Well, one of the things I would put on my bucket list would be to go to the NCAA Women's Final Four games. This year the women's Final Four was in St. Louis, which is only 3 hours from where I am in Illinois right now. I couldn't pass up the opportunity! So this past Tuesday me and my good friend, Jamie, went to the championship game! It was awesome! Even though the game wasn't that exciting it was fun to watch history being made in the women's game when UConn went undefeated for the third time in their history. 39-0. (The BYU women's teams is one of their wins.) The only other school that has had more undefeated seasons in either men's or women's basketball history is UCLA when John Wooden was coaching Kareem-Abdul Jabar and Bill Walton.

Jamie and I got nosebleed seats, but just before half time I got a call from my Sport Psych advisor here at WIU, Dr. Finch, who was at the game, and she said there were two seats in front of her that no one was seating it. So we upgraded! It was sweet! Here's just a taste of my experience.

Here I am out in the halls before the game.
Here's a picture of the court before the game (above). Jamie and I from our nosebleed seats (below). The starting line-ups...(left)This is a picture from the upgraded seats near Dr. Finch (above).
Here's Jamie and I from the upgrades (above).
Last seconds in the game...(left)
This is after UConn spanked Louisville big time and they did the trophy presentation.

I had such a great time. I just wanted to soak it all in and take in every detail. I wish I could have bottled it all up to save for a life-time. I guess that's what memories are for. It was an amazing day...something I will never forget.