Okay, my daddy always told me, She who tooteth not her own horn, the same shall not be tooteth. Here’s my horn, and I’m tooting it today…
GAMECOCK MEN AND WOMEN
BASKETBALL TEAMS
IN THE MIDDLE OF MARCH MADNESS!!
GO COCKS!!
Gamecock basketball fans can’t figure out where to make their Final Four reservations this week – the men are going west to Phoenix and the women to Dallas for the final weekend of March Madness in 2017. Question: How much “madness” can the University of South Carolina stand in one wild, wacky, wonderful basketball year? And the answer is Ding, Ding, Ding the Daily Double – both teams are Regional Road Warriors and Winners.
As PJ Dozier said at the Welcome Home celebration for the men in Columbia Sunday at the Colonial Life Arena, Gamecock Fans, Show me your Fours!
The names Sindarius Thornwell, Notice, Silva, Dozier, A’ja Wilson, Davis, Gray, Cuevas-Moore, Harris, Cliney are household words in the homes of South Carolina fans who revere the round ball and will now take their deserved places in Gamecock basketball lore as they have led their respective teams into the record books for the school and the SEC as well.
A’ja Wilson – 1st Team All American
Congratulations to # 22 A’ja Wilson, the junior from Hopkins, South Carolina who was named to the All American 1st Team. The honor couldn’t be more well-deserved because Wilson has been not only the spark plug for the spirit of the team but also the checkered flag- waver to help her team stay focused to cross the finish line of every game this season whether on the bench or on the game floor. This girl has spunk, and I love spunk. You go, girl.
Last night Pretty and I plus our dogs Spike and Charly who had been rescued from the Doggie Day (and night) Care in New Orleans stayed in Patchatoula, Louisiana off I-10 to see if our women were Final Four bound. And so they are, and so we will continue our love affair with Coach Dawn Staley and her team and turn west toward Texas to make sure we are there to support them in person this final weekend of the season.
Whatever the scoreboard says in Dallas or in Phoenix, our young women and men are winners and for us personally have provided more than enough entertainment to lift our family from a self-absorbed political pity party we have had since November. For that, we say a huge thank you and good luck in the next games.
P.S. I couldn’t believe we would leave New Orleans without once hearing When the Saints Go Marching In and Sunday night at the very last possible minute, a wedding party parade outside our hotel had a very loud band playing the song while everyone danced in the streets. Magical moment. Memory Maker, as Granny Selma would have surely said.
New Orleans version of a wedding party
Pretty documented it for us
Say goodbye, New Orleans and Hello, Big D, little a, double l, as.
I'll Call It Like I See It 
I see that a fun time is being had by all! And who wouldn’t love a place called Patchatoula and a young woman with spunk.
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Lordy, Luanne, I am ALMOST too old for this schedule!! Trying to catch up on our rest before the next push to Dallas this week!
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I have also had an exhausting long weekend with my best friend from junior high. Never been so tired. I understand!!!
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Fun, fun, fun that you had a great weekend with your best friend from junior high!!! Rest up…
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Yes I need to!
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