On to Greensboro

I've booked my flight, I've found out that rental cars are desperately expensive and with my wake-up call four hours away - and my suitcase still unpacked - here I am blogging. This one was set to be bad for deadline, but then Oklahoma State and Florida State went into overtime - which the former won, on a literally last second free throw - and that pushed things back even further. And then Iowa State refused to roll, making the ending far from foregone and the time to squeeze in details nil. And so, bits about this solid, poised 69-58 Rutgers win I couldn't squeeze into my gamer:

For all the grumbling C. Viv did this year, she seems awfully calm right now. She called Mat over late in the first half, offered a few instructions and held both of Mat's hands while she did it. The only person I saw her give her signature scary look to was Essence (who obviously can take it) and when Rashidat was at the line in the first, and Katie and Kia were on the bench, she looked down, saw Kia and Katie mimicking their shooting motions and smiled. When does C. Viv smile DURING a game?

The crowd was announced at 8,029, but it seemed larger. The fans were loud, they spent most of the night on their feet and even though they didn't get the rules of a pivot foot, they were awfully nice. Iowa State coach Bill Fennelly promised yesterday that if his fans booed, it'd be directed at the refs, not Rutgers. And he was right. At halftime, when the refs walked back onto the court, the boos rained down hard.

Essence played in her Rutgers-record 131st game today and when I told her that afterwards she said, "Really? It feels like that many." Kia played in her 100th straight and when I told her that, she said, "Really? I love it." And then, remembering the number I'd read to E, she said, "But I want to play more than her."

Well, maybe both will add four to their totals this year.

Okay, time to turn in. I promise to have more tomorrow!

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[Susan]

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