Basketball

Although the basketball season had already begun, we only have played in few actual ACC games. After Nationals we had a little time to relax and only focus on basketball. To my surprise I danced at almost every basketball game in the season. It was great. I became more confident in the dances and cheers and really got to enjoy my time as a Golden Girl for the first time. It was almost time for the ACC tournament, and that meant 10 girls were going to be allowed to go all the way to Greensboro, North Carolina for the game. I was determined to be one of those 10 girls. Although it was over our spring break, it would be a great opportunity to really bond with the team and travel with the basketball team. Turns out that I was one of the 10 initial girls to go before few dropped out. I was ecstatic. So I packed up from home and headed back up to Tallahassee to get on an 11 hour bus ride with the band up to Greensboro. It was an all expenses paid trip to stay in a very nice hotel, right across from a great mall. My roommate was Annie, which was a great match. Unfortunately, we did lose our first game the second night in Greensboro, putting the Golden Girls and Band back on the bus home while the basketball team got a nice flight. That wasn’t the end to our basketball season. Next comes the NCAA tournament. Luckily our Seminoles did so great that we made it into the tournament to Buffalo, NY. It was probably the greatest trip and experience of my life. We left on a Wednesday when the first game wasn’t even until Saturday night. While the basketball team was practicing up for the game, the Golden Girls and the Band got to do so many fun things. All of us went skiing and snowboarding, saw Niagara Falls, and ate at “The Anchor Bar”, the home of the original buffalo chicken wing. The amount of people and cameras around the game was indescribable. Although we lost our game, the awaiting Syracuse fans for their game really loved us. They actually “booed” when we had to put our jackets on for half time, and cheered when we came back and took our jackets off in a new uniform. Sad about losing our game, we all just gathered in rooms and hung out the rest of the night. Best part about leaving? We got our own private flight with the team back home. I will never forget this basketball season.