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Marzo 17, 2005
Creighton in the Big Dance
In about an hour (9:40 EST), my alma mater, Creighton University will be making its 6th appearance in the last 7 NCAA basketball tournaments. They meet up with the Mountaineers of West Virginia.
Considering CU is a small private Jesuit school in the middle of the U.S. without much name recognition, that acheivement is a pretty big deal. I've been a huge Creighton basketball fan all the way back to my freshmen year when the students were apathetic. I've managed to follow them in four different countries. It always seemed that I was abroad when CU played in the "Big Dance" and so I'm looking forward to watching them on TV in the U.S. for once.
In 2000, I was in El Salvador and begged someone to let me log in to the internet to see how the game finished. A year later, I was in Bolivia and silently listened to the game live in an internet cafe above the Cochabamba correo. In 2003, I was in Buenos Aires and walked through the deserted streets of the Argentine capital looking for an all night internet cafe. No one is expecting the Bluejays to win the National Championship, although it's nice to have a nostalgic connection on such a national stage.
Update: Creighton lost on a West Virginia dunk in the final seconds. WVU 63, CU 61
Posted by eduardo at Marzo 17, 2005 08:00 PM