Tonight was the first exhibition game for the NKU Norse Basketball teams (both men and women) at the new Bank of Kentucky Center. The Women's game started at 530 pm and the Men's game started at 800 pm. We had invited Nic up from Louisville (UofL student) and my dad to go to the games and had arranged for Mom to take care of Reagan. Up until the last minute, we weren't really sure we were going to be able to go. But Reagan had a good day and Mom was ok with us leaving late so she didn't have to manage a sicky baby for seven hours.
Anyway, we got to the Women's game during the second half. The Cardinals were beating NKU enough that it really didn't seem an option for them to win. The cool thing about the Women's game was that Jordan was the ball girl. We really didn't get to see her as ball girl, but I did get some good shots of her from our seats with the team.
After the game, we took off to walk around the new arena - it was really nice. It's a small venue - it seats about 10K. But it was very comfortable. I liked the fact that we were close enough to the game from the seats we had that we could still see the expressions on the faces of the coaches.
At 800 pm, we got back to our seats in time to watch Pitino and his Cards join the Norse on the floor. I was amazed to see how big the guys on the UofL team looked compared to the Norse players. Our guys were tall, but skinnier than the other team. But regardless of there size, the Norse gave the Cards a run for their money. They were hitting 3-pointers the whole game. They were just drainin them left and right. It was amazing. The Norse team was actually ahead for a while (see pics soon). It was really cool to see how the crowd got into the game. Every point NKU scored, the crowd roared and the yellow towels started flying. But in the end, the Cards won. Ah well.
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