It's hard to believe this is the first week of basketball season.  It seems like just a couple of weeks ago we were playing Duke in the first round of the tournament.  It is even harder for me to believe that this is my senior year!  I am so excited about it though.  We have a lot to be excited about with five seniors who have a lot of experience and great underclassmen working hard everyday in practice.  We open up this Friday the 14th with Samford at home and then Austin Peay on Monday.  Everyone is excited about it and it will be a tough test as Samford has a great program.  It is great to have the opening game at home.  We haven't had a home opener since my freshman year against Wright State.  I'll never forget that game because it was my first collegiate basketball game and my roommate Justin Hare scored 31 points and went a perfect 10-10 from the field.  It was a great opener to say the least.  We are missing three guys from last years team, Justin Hare, Will Peeples, and Andrew House.  They all brought great attributes to the team.  Hopefully the young guys will help us five seniors fill their voids and have another successful year.  Coach Byrd told the team at the beginning of the year that he has had teams in the past that were senior strong and underachieved.  I don't think that he was trying to intimidate us or put extra pressure on us, but rather trying to motivate us.  Being the captain, I am really excited about the leadership that all the seniors take on.  It is easy to be a captain when you have a team full of great leaders.  We have had one exhibition game and a scrimmage thus far, and we have to get better in a lot of areas but have shown a lot of potential.

Off the court, my week has gone fairly well.  I had a test in Portfolio Investment Management last Thursday, a test in Botany on Monday, and a test in Business Finance on Tuesday.  It is nice to get them out of the way and focus just on our games this weekend.  I am also really excited about Friday because I have a lot of family and friends coming.  Not only will my grandparents and aunts and uncles be at the game, but so will my fiance's.  I need the pass list to be about 20 deep!  It should be a lot of fun and I just hope we play well. I can't wait for college basketball to start!  Check out our team and other information at our website: Bruin Basketball. Good luck to our men's soccer team in the A-Sun tourney this week.  I also want to tell our women's soccer team good luck as they face Auburn in the first round of the NCAA tournament in their first appearance ever!  Hope you like the picture Mr. Adams!  As always, GO BRUINS!!