March Madness

March madness is an exciting time of the year if you are college basketball fan and for the sixth year in a row the Warriors were in the NCAA Central Regional Tournament. Leaving for Mankato this last Thursday March 11th the Men’s basketball team made their 2 ½ hour trek to Minnesota State University the host of this years regional because they had the top seed in the field. Traveling with the team is was different this time around because we had some down time on Friday. As compared to during the season if the team left there was always the Friday game and then leave for the Saturday game. In those trips unpacking your things is not a common occurrence. The problem with tournament time is that you just don’t know how long you will be gone instead you pack for the long haul which is what I did. Saturday, Warrior game day, it was an early day with the 2:30 PM tip-off. The team had a shoot around at 8:00 AM. If you have never visited the Taylor Arena at Minnesota State University I would highly recommend it. For Warrior fans it is a close enough arena to drive to and I would rank it as one of the best arenas in NCAA Division II basketball. The outcome of the game was not what Warrior fans wanted to see but in the overall picture the team did finish with a 20-10 record, in a very tough conference. Also, this is a very young team and I would expect the Warrior Men’s basketball team to have a strong 2010-11 season. But as the 09-10 season this would be the end of that chapter and new one can be written this coming fall.