Bartow Arena was a madhouse of Green & Gold last night as the Blazers (21-5, 12-2) exacted revenge on the #3 ranked Memphis Tigers (26-3, 12-1). Memphis was ready for UAB, but they weren’t ready for the Bart.

w00t

I have never experienced as much excitement, pride, and school spirit at *any* sporting event in my life. More than the iron bowl that I attended in 2004, more than the C-USA basketball tournament in 2002 when the Blazers faced Louisville in the finals on their home court, even more than the quadruple overtime then shoot-out ending of the first ever game of the last iteration of the Birmingham Bulls hockey team when I was like 12 (and everything *seems* better when you experience it at a young age).

I’m still geeked up over the win!

Now, it’s Marshall on Saturday to close out the regular season, and then the C-USA tourney in Memphis at their home-court, Fed-Ex forum, starting Wednesday. We’ll have a first round bye, and likely be in the same bracket with UTEP. If everything goes as planned, we’ll face Memphis again in the conference finals. The Tigers will be ready, and we’ll have to contend with their home court for the second time this season…

More pics after the jump…

Rushing the court sequence

Squeek had just launched the ball into the rafters ;)




Posted Fri 03 Mar, 2006 11:31 am | [6] Comments
Categories: Ramblings , UAB