KU Lady Jayhawks vs. Arkansas Razorbacks, 3/26/09

Just the other day I was going through the photos on Evey's blog; I was bummed that I hadn't taken her to a KU women's b-ball game in a long time. "Have to wait till next year," I thought to myself. The very next day, I see in the LJW that the KU women are still playing in the Women's NIT in Lawrence! It was meant to be, people!

Attendees: Adro, Evey, Judy, me.

Money spent: $35 ($19 on tix -- $5 a tick for adults, $4 for Evey; $16 at the gift shop -- T-shirt, sticker, flag)

Adrometer rating: 0 (She was with us, and she had a great time! She even said, and I quote, "I'm excited for the game!" That's my girl!

Overall rating: 4 (KU won, great seats, photo with Baby Jay, Evey was well behaved, even got a free slice of pizza!)

Great game, KU Lady Jayhawks! Onward in the WNIT! The game just ended a few hours ago, so the game story isn;t out yet, but... let's see... there's this. The women won by a score of 75-59. They looked really good at times.

It was some history in the making, that's the first time KU has made it to the 3rd round of the WNIT (ouch!).

Evey did great, she stood on my lap for almost the entire first half, and didn't get restless until late in the first half, but by then Judy volunteered to take her for a walk!

Adro had a great time, she enjoyed watching the action. She could have stayed for the whole game had it not been past Evey's bedtime, I think. She even gave me some postgame analysis: "They struggled when they tried to slow the game down, they'd just turn the ball over!" Hell yeah, babe!

Stopped by to see Ken and Lavera Moum before we left. Great seeing my old friend Moum again.

Also saw the NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY, always good to see ya, my friend.

Bought a KU Soccer T ($5), a KU 2008 nat'l champions sticker ($2.50) and a 2008 champs flag for my car ($7).

Wore Evey out, Adro too, they both zonked out soon after getting home.

Rock Chalk Jayhawk!

KU vs. UT, March 7, 2009

Last game of the regular season for the 2008-2009 KU Jayhawks! Greg Nunn invited me to join him, and we made a day out of it.

Attendees: Me, Greg (at game) Ryno, Brent (in different seats), Bart (Rick's)

Money spent: $65 (It was a long night, and I picked up as much of Greg's bar tab as possible, since he came through with the tickets) (It should be noted that Greg pulled an MVP move and bought the pizza at the end of the night!)

Adrometer rating: 2 (Adro knows me and Greg usually get pretty bombed when we go out)

Overall rating: 4 (Jayhawks make a come-from-behind victory to win the Big 12 outright, we had a great view from our seats, and a good, drunken time celebrating at Rick's afterwards.)

Man, what a game! Allen Fieldhouse got LOUD.

KU trailed for most of the game before getting it together with about ten minutes to go. Damion James for UT has 20 at half, but only... 8? in the second half.

Here's the box score.

After the game, we caught a ride with Ryno and Brent and went to Rick's. Me and Greg earlier had planned an on-foot pub crawl, but with bad weather threatening and a car ride available, we took advantage.

Rick's was a debacle! In a good way. The shots came early (thanks Ryno) and the beers were coming by frequently. By the end of the night, I was drunkenly playing shuffleboard against Bart and James Starkweather... Brent was my teammate. Bart kicked my ass in and let me know about it, because apparently I was talking trash.

After the pizzas (again, brilliant move Greg!) we (me, Greg, Bart) came back to my house and watched the KU national championship game. No more beers, we were pretty much exhausted by then... it was a good 8 hours in the bar, perhaps? No telling it gets hazy.

I ditched the guys after Evey threw up upstairs. Went upstairs to help out, then passed out in bed. Bart sent me a text message, "dude, bolted." I got it the next morning.

Had Greg to his sister's by 8 a.m. Big 12 Champs, five in a row! Some good celebrating that night, WOW.