Home Stretch!

Two more games remain in the regular season of the Turkish League so playoffs are in site! Most of the time, players are run down and tired as it nears the end of the season, but when playoffs start it is another whole story. There is a sense of excitement as the playoffs are what we've worked hard for all year. If we can win these last two games, we will secure our 1st place in the league meaning all important home court advantage throughout the playoffs. We just played and beat my old coach's team yesterday. They are the 2nd place team so to have led the whole game and come away with a solid win is encouraging for our team even when we didn't play to our best potential. We did however, lose to Samsun, another top 3 team a couple weeks ago which means if we meet up with them in the playoffs, we will start the series at 1-1 as opposed to 1-0 if we had swept them. Just making it a little longer and tougher on ourselves but nothing we aren't capable of.

This time of year is just exciting in general because of tourney time in the states as well. I will try to watch as many games as I can during March Madness. Stanford won outright the Pac-10 championship for I don't even know how many years in a row now claiming Pac-10 player and coach of the year as well. Hoping they continue to dominate in the Pac-10 tourney and NCAA tournament.

I am also looking forward to the arrival of Seb, an old Stanford teammate of mine and Nicole's. She will be here for a couple weeks to visit. Then in a month my parents will be making a visit. Good times ahead!