NCAA 1st Round

Yesterday I watched 9 hours of basketball at the Honda Center with my brother-in-law. The games that I saw were Marquette vs. Kentucky, Stanford vs. Cornell, Texas A&M vs. BYU, and UCLA vs. Mississippi Valley State. I had never been to the Honda Center, so I was pleasantly surprised that it was so nice. Anaheim does have good sports venues. In all these matches I had a rooting interest.

The first game I was rooting for Marquette since I went to Indiana and we don’t like Kentucky. It was a good game that was close until the end. The numbers of fans for each school was pretty even.

The second game I was rooting against Stanford for obvious reasons, but unfortunately they won. It wasn’t that great of a game since it was a blow-out. There were a lot more Cornell fans which was surprising given that they had to travel so far and they aren’t that good.

The Texas A&M vs. BYU game was the best game of the day. The fans were loud and the arena was packed. The fan turn out was about even. I was rooting for A&M since my friend is an Aggie. I know they travel well for football, but I was a little disappointed there wasn’t a bigger turnout of Aggies. The game was really close with the Aggies coming out on top.

The last game was the UCLA game and it wasn’t that exciting since UCLA won easily. There were way more UCLA fans which made sense given how close UCLA is to Anaheim. Luckily the Mississippi Valley band was pretty good.

Tomorrow I get to see Marquette vs. Stanford and Texas A&M vs. UCLA. These games should be good and I am looking forward to it. I am also looking forward to eating different Honda Center food. During the 9 hours I consumed a Super All Beef Hot Dog, a Carl’s Jr. Super Star, onion rings, a medium Pepsi, a large Mug root-beer, and half a serving of Super Nachos.