After 20 years, we are finally NCAA Division 1 champions again. The game was awesome, up and down, an overtime. Rock Chalk Jayhawk KU. Mario’s 3 point at the end of regulation was a huge turning point – that and Tiger missed free throws. It was so exciting. My dad passed away 3 years ago, and I actually heard him chanting at the end of regulation. He would have loved the game, he would have been pacing back and forth, yelling at the TV. He would have been taking his KU hat off, rubbing his head making his hair stand on end, and then put it back on – over and over.
I left my Toastmasters demo meeting just in time to get home for the game. I was just so ready and so positive all season that this was our year. It was awesome. The game was great. The Memphis team made hisotry even though they didn’t win the game. I am just so happy. Being a KU baby (my dad was in college when I was born, my first home was married housing on the KU campus. I went to school there for 3 summer school sessions (I went to University of Arizona in the winter). My dad ran the biology labs for years. He was a graduate and my part of my family still lives in Lawrence. I am just so excited.
