Basketball is not my sport. I foul out of pick up games and double dribble and don’t realize I did so. I never liked basketball until I was under the hoop taking photos of a game for The Mirror, right next to the action.

Last year on spring break, I ventured to Albany to watch Fairfield lose in overtime to Siena in the MAAC finals. A small block of Fairfield faithful students cheered whilst surrounded by a sea of Green. This year the MAAC finals will be in Bridgeport at Harbor Yard and it will be our turn to surround Siena fans in a sea of red. Why wouldn’t you want to be part of that?

This weekend is the first game of the season. That is if you couldn’t tell by the multiple Facebook messages, The Mirror’s Basketball Preview Section, and FUSA events this week. The game is being played at Mohegan Sun against our cross town rival Sacred Heart.

School Spirit, we all know, is not the biggest thing at Fairfield. Many students who are so focused on going out come Friday and Saturday night, think if we can’t get back from a game before it’s time to pre-game, we don’t bother going to the game.

Luckily this game is at 4 p.m. so there should be no problem getting back in time to get our party on after Fairfield beats Sacred Heart. As BlackBerry girl points out, it will be the talk of parties that night so you might as well be in the know.

Basketball is our football. For all of those who complain that we don’t have football in the fall this is our time to shine, to be proud that we are Stags. It is our excuse to get rowdy before games, especially this year since we are ranked to finish first in the MAAC, which means if all things go according to plan, Fairfield will be on our NCAA bracket and all our friends from home will be talking about Fairfield U this March.

Get rowdy before the game, there is nothing wrong with having a pre-game party, this bus ride is going to be a long one so lets make it count and show up in force and be ready to be on our feet chanting, “Sacred Heart was our Safety School Do Da, Do Da.”

Now as far as BlackBerry girl’s claim that I am a soccer fan, guilty as charged. If you didn’t see Fernando Torres goals this weekend you were missing out on some pretty amazing Top 10 footage.

Then again, guys, all of you who are planning on taking BlackBerry girl out on a date if it is on a Sunday night better be ready to talk American Football the entire time. Oh and know your stuff ‘cause otherwise you will just look like a fool as she sounds more knowledgeable then you. She is clearly any powder puff coach’s worse nightmare since she will clearly think she knows more about the game than the coach.

P.S. GO STAGS!

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