{"id":673,"date":"2011-03-13T02:38:22","date_gmt":"2011-03-13T06:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.steverogers.info\/?p=673"},"modified":"2011-03-13T14:07:46","modified_gmt":"2011-03-13T18:07:46","slug":"crimson-v-tigers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.steverogers.info\/?p=673","title":{"rendered":"Crimson v. Tigers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thank goodness I went to grad school, giving me a third college basketball team. \u00a0Tuesday, SLU lost to Rhode Island. \u00a0GW lost to St. Joseph&#8217;s in overtime, but Princeton beat Penn to give me a rare Ivy League playoff between Princeton v. Harvard at Yale!<\/p>\n<p>Some highlights<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Before the game watching somewhat drunk Harvard students stuggle to find Frank Pepe&#8217;s (we got off the train together, they showed up 10 minutes after I did).<\/li>\n<li>Within minutes of reaching the student section, Princeton students yelled &#8220;YALE&#8221;&#8230;Harvard students chimed in &#8220;SUCKS&#8221; showing Ivy Comradery<\/li>\n<li>Encountered first other SignGuy that used Nobel Prizes, Presidents, and Professors publishing records as sign material (sorry for photo quality)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-675\" href=\"http:\/\/www.steverogers.info\/?attachment_id=675\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-675\" title=\"harvard\" src=\"http:\/\/steverogers.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/harvard.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"212\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>While you may think Ivy Leaguers are smart, they can be a &#8216;bit slow (e.g. stop chanting airball at a player after he hit a clutch game tieing 3)<\/li>\n<li>Princeton wins on a play with less than 2.8 seconds left. \u00a0A buzzer beater sends them to the dance. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/video\/clip?categoryId=2459792&amp;id=6210760\">See ESPN video here<\/a><\/li>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<object width=\"350\" height=\"227\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/PpTQzkcAZb8?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/PpTQzkcAZb8?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"350\" height=\"227\"><\/embed><\/object><br \/>\n<\/center><br \/>\n<em>You can briefly see me at the 13 &#8211; 15 second marks on the left.<\/em><\/p>\n<li>A rushing of the court\u00a0occurred<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-676\" href=\"http:\/\/www.steverogers.info\/?attachment_id=676\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-676 aligncenter\" title=\"Image0006\" src=\"http:\/\/steverogers.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Image0006-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.steverogers.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Image0006-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.steverogers.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Image0006.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>And the nets were cut down<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-677\" href=\"http:\/\/www.steverogers.info\/?attachment_id=677\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-677\" title=\"Image0008\" src=\"http:\/\/steverogers.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Image0008.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Final Highlight: Discovering a White Castle on trek back through NYC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>My first SLU tournament was in 2000. \u00a0They won. \u00a0My first GW tournament was 2005. \u00a0They won. \u00a0My first Princeton conference playoff was 2011. \u00a0They won.<\/p>\n<p>Conference week is by far my favorite week in sports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thank goodness I went to grad school, giving me a third college basketball team. \u00a0Tuesday, SLU lost to Rhode Island. \u00a0GW lost to St. Joseph&#8217;s in overtime, but Princeton beat Penn to give me a rare Ivy League playoff between Princeton v. 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