What's up, my buddies? Quick update on what's going on in Treviso, as well as a special section dedicated to extended travel. In keeping with the junior high dance analogy, the number of suitors courting the ridiculously hot babes has dwindled to four. We have left: an Italian dude, a French dude, the German guy, and a young man from Greece, all holding strong in their attempts to make extended eye contact with one of the loveliest young ladies. It looks like the French team has taken a liking to the same hot Blondie we are interested in, while the German guy and the young Grecian have taken off their shirts and are flexing their muscles in an attempt to impress a hot brunette over in the corner. Recently, there was nearly an altercation over by the buffet between the Italian guy and the Latvian dude, but one of the pretty good looking girls broke it up and apparently left the dance with the aforementioned Latvian. But the two ridiculously hot babes are still waiting to be swept away. The analogy is getting deep here, still with me?

Moving away from the analogy for a moment, I don't know what happened in Latvia against Ventspils. Yes, it was a long trip, and yes, there were strategically placed 10's sitting courtside, but our whole team, top to bottom, played like a large pile of elephant excrement. We were legitimately lucky to make a run in Game 1 and cut the margin to a manageable five points. And even though we won by 12 three days later in Treviso, it was a battle for the whole 40 minutes. Ventspils is a very young team, but they played super hard, played together, and it seemed like they literally did not miss open shots - ever. They absolutely earned my respect, and I think they will do very well in the Eurocup. And in all... more