He grew up playing basketball, went on to play for St. X in High School and is now a local celebrity around town because he once had to guard OJ Mayo in a game (I am serious, people come up to him and ask for twitter follows while we are out). I would not be reaching if I said that my boyfriend is a basketball junkie and I would venture to guess that there are many females out there who understand this situation completely.
While I am not into contact sports, I am a highly competitive human being, so during march madness I become extremely compassionate about basketball mainly because I want to win the bracket pool and more importantly, the money that comes with that big W. Which brings me back to tip #1, do not try to sneakily watch the games in your cube. Why? Because every game is the closest, most stressful game you have ever seen.
Side Effects:
Heart palpitations (jk – sortof)
Uncontrollable bursts of screaming (that you could try to pass off as a large rodent sighting, but everyone pretty much knows what you’re up to because they are all doing the same thing)
Silent screaming (which is the worst because all you want to do is yell at the top of your lungs so that they actually make the basket – because every little bit helps right?)
1) Ron Hunter, the coach of Georgia State fell (and by fell, I mean launched himself forcefully to the ground) of his chair after the game winning shot which was made my his son. Earlier, when they won the conference tournament which got them into the NCAA Tournament (aka the big dance, march madness), he tore his achilles tendon. This game, he literally broke his cast when he fell. He also cried if you must know, but mainly check out the vine:
3) Saturday Villanova lost to NC State and more brackets bit the dust.
4) Sunday Virginia lost to Michigan State and Kansas lost to Wichita State, both losses devastating to brackets everywhere once again.
Always have an arsenal of basketball related fun facts that you can throw out there if you get too far into a discussion and realize you are just sitting there smiling and nodding your head, but you don’t even know what you are talking about anymore. To get myself out of these situations, I have chosen one NBA player that I personally identify with and I collect fun facts about him to spit out whenever I need a rescue.
Exhibit A:
2) He has one of the hottest wives in town who looks like one of the shortest humans in town when she stands next to him. Do yourself a favor and follow her on instagram.
4) Chris Bosh has the fattest, cutest baby girl.
6) When off the court, Chris Bosh is always dressed to the nines.
PS – If anybody wants to get me a present to just say ‘Hey Cait, I care,” I will take a white, Chris Bosh basketball jersey, size small.
So there you go, just a few helpful tips to get you through March Madness looking like a cool sports girl when secretly you don’t even care. You know what, you’re welcome.
XOXO, The Don