And The Basketball Madness Continues

As I watch Duke slaughter Michigan State (sorry Hannah) at the semis of the final four I wonder if anyone is left in Durham.  The camera pans over the crowd and I see so many friends and familiar faces.  It helps that I am watching the game on the Duke Team Stream channel so all the commentary is about Duke and the side bar interviews are with Duke supporters like Chris Collins, former Duke assistant coach who now is the head coach at Northwestern.

Watching all these talented athletes makes me feel really old.  As the young men fall down so gracefully as they are fouled and pop right back up and sprint down to the other end of the court I feel an imaginary pain in my own knees.  I can not imagine falling down at all, let alone getting up quickly.  If someone pushed me over and I fell on my ample butt I know I would sit there crying.

The most impressive thing about this team is how young they really are yet how focused they played.  With the eyes of 70,000 people watching live I can only imagine the sound it that stadium.  Carter asked me if they were playing in an aircraft hanger it is so big.  So much bigger than Cameron Stadium where they play the regular season.

Congratulations Coach K, all the other coaches and the players.  One more game to go.  It certainly takes more than a village to keep this basketball machine going.  Since half of Durham appears to be in Indianapolis I hope you all are staying until Monday to keep the Duke love going.