Well it was no surprise but it was not Wake who won

And indeed while I would have preferred NCSU to have won had Wake not (Stephen most definitely would have), I was quite satisfied that Duke did not and pleased to see Miami win.  I like their team.  They are fun to watch.  Seeing Duke lose was also fun to watch, if you have not had that experience, let me recommend it to you.

That is Dez Wells, a Raleigh kid at the top of the key probably about to lay a monster dunk on Duke, he certainly put enough of them on Wake earlier in the season.  Duke does not handle defeat well.

Saturday morning of the third day, that is the day we "only" have two games, Stephen and I went by Meg's shop in Greensboro as Stephen had a little shopping to do for Jen.  Jen should be pleased.

one of the things you do when you spend two full days at the Coliseum is by definition require a few calories.  Well there are some real opportunities to acquire some too.  Here are a few of the offerings.

 a little unexpected, but there were a number of sweet offerings, even a cupcake stand.

 of course BBQ

 the standards, note the $7.00 hotdog, virtually free, $5.00 popcorn, also virtually free.

 and who knew, "gourmet" fast food

 surprise surprise "FRY FRY"  but of course

After the second game on Saturday, Stephen and I drove back to Raleigh and stopped for a drive through Graham and a delightful visit and dinner with Kelly and Maddie at a restaurant on the banks of the Haw River.  En route, I took Stephen on a nostalgic tour of said fair town including my old elementary school where I attended grades one through eight.  My first grade year the school was a union school or all twelve grades.  It had wooden, oil soaked floors- to keep the dust dow- and large windows, steam radiators, high ceilings, loud cafeteria and small gym.

 For the last day Stephen and I went to the game dressed in our best fan gear, he in a Chris Paul or CP 3 shirt, me in my old lucky shirt - (those are ear plugs, not ear hairs in my ears -they had the volume turned up on the speakers).

 and the Miami fans were few but also decked out.

they also celebrated after the game

 of course Dickie V was there 

Watching Miami get their trophy was fun and reminded me of watching Wake back in 94 and 95.  As we were about to leave, I saw Dave Odom, coach of Wake then and told him how much we had enjoyed celebrating like that when we won.  He smiled and said "thank you-it was fun".   Wonder when we will win it again?  I am not thinking next year.