Dribbling

HOOP-DI-DO: We spent around four fun hours inside Key Arena today, taking in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 women's NCAA basketball tournament.

We were super fortunate to score free tickets via a friend I used to work with who is family friends with an Arizona State player.  We had to send her an in-the-bowl thank you shot. :)

We watched the No. 2 seed Arizona State University take on #10 seed Cal. 

Unfortunately for ASU, they were flat out of the gate and stayed that way through four quarters. Cal took them out of the tournament in a major upset.

We walked the concourse before, between and after games. The kids took advantage of a New York Life photo opp to go for a jump ball.

There were mascots aplenty today. The kids crossed paths with a friendly Bruin. 

The kids sustained themselves between games with WAY overcooked chicken 'tenders' and WAY under-cooked 'fries.' Hooray for awful, overpriced concessions! Ha ha.

In the second game we watched, Arizona took on UCLA. The Bruins looked so polished. Well prepared and well coached, and they totally overwhelmed Arizona. 

Christian noticed a player on the Arizona team was named Griffey. I knew that Ken Griffey Jr.'s son Trey plays football for the Wildcats and surmised the woman was his sister. Sure enough, Taryn Griffey is a redshirt freshman for the basketball team. 

During the halftime of the ASU/Cal game, kids in the stands were invited down onto the court. Here's a super terrible video of that via my super terrible cell phone. CJ is about 2 o'clock in it, top right of screen in a red shirt at the fringe of the crowd. His height made it easy for me to spot him.