Day 2 - Practice Day for Metro St.

Hey Warrior fans hope everyone is getting ready for the big game at noon today. He is a quick look at our second day out here in Marshall.


6:30 - Wake up call

7:00 - Team meets down stairs for a buffet style breakfast. Food is pretty good for a buffet style but you can see many of our guys are not used to getting up this early. It will be interesting to see how well we practice.

9:10 - Load the bus to head over to the RA Facility for our practice. The one plus of being first is we are able to do all of our stretching out on the main floor. The only rule is we cannot touch the basketballs until our official basketball time starts at 10:00 am. So no shoot around for the players or coaches before we officially start at 10.

10:00 - The clock starts and we have 55 minutes to go through our practice. This amount of time is the same for every team that comes in today so you have to move through stuff quickly. We make sure our guys get a lot of shots up so they get used to the shooting background here. This background is one of the tougher ones in the conference because there is a ton of space behind the hoops, unlike in Winona which is an easy background having the wall right behind you.

10:55 - Clock hits zero and we have a very spirited practice. Guys shoot the ball well, we moved well and I think after seeing this we will be ready to go at noon tomorrow.

11:05 - Get back to the hotel to watch the Gophers. They are up early and seem like they might be able to stay with Michigan St today.

12:15 - Go around the rooms to make sure none of our guys are sleeping. Even though this is down time today for us tomorrow we will be playing a game at this time so we do not want anyone sleeping as we need everyone ready to go at noon.

1:05 - Gophers fall to Michigan St. They struggled to get good looks the entire second half, now they have to wait for Sunday to see if they get in. I think they are in.

1:10 - We head across the street to Arby's for a quick lunch. Today during lunch Ben Fischer gives his ideas on who is going to be the #1 seeds. In his eyes he thinks 3 Big East teams are going to be #1 seeds along with North Carolina. Not sure on this some guys including me debate with him on his ideas. In the end he holds strong that Louisville, UConn and Pitt will be #1 seeds but I think he might be cracked in the head a little bit. My picks are Louisville, North Carolina, Memphis and UConn, but I want to say Michigan St. if they win the Big Ten, even though I think the Big Ten is down this year.

3:00 - Our women's game is getting ready to go over in Mankato so some guys are getting ready to watch it on their computers only problem is the wireless is too slow to watch so updates on the score is all we can get.

4:00 - Some guys are napping while a couple of them are down shooting pool in the rec area at the hotel. I guess Gorman is a pretty good shot from what I hear. Don't put any quarters down at a table he is at or you are just giving him a free game.

6:30 - Head over to our new favorite spot, Applebee's. Not much else around this town so that is why we are back. Many do a pasta bowl or salad for a meal along with an appetizer as the 2 for $20 deal is still going.

7:30 - Applebee's messes up our order so some guys still don't have meals and now a coaches meeting has started to Coach Leaf heads to that while his food is just arriving. So some of our guys split his ribs and fries basket.

8:00 - Finally leaving Applebee's as everyone is done eating. Now its just time to lay low as we get ready for the game.

10:00 - Everyone is in their own rooms getting ready for the game.

10:30 - Lights out for the team but the coaches stay up and watch the Duke vs Boston College and Syracuse/West Virginia games. Pretty sure some of our guys are watching too as I know they cannot just fall asleep on comand.

11:00 - Boston College just runs one of the strangest plays in basketball as it seems all they wanted to do is get the ball inbounds and let the clock run out but the problem is they are losing. Not a good ending to that game.

11:06 - Yes, Syracuse is in overtime again. I hope this goes another 3 or 4 overtimes but Syracuse knocks down a couple 3's early and pull out the win. They are on a roll.

11:30 - Off to bed.

Well that was our day out in Marshall. Looking forward to the game and seeing all the fans. Until next time. Go Warriors!!!!!!