jjackson123 Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 For those of us who couldn't make it, I was just wondering how it went. Did KD speak at all, adressing the entire group? What was his or the teams reaction to Notre Dame Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoZips Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 For those of us who couldn't make it, I was just wondering how it went. Did KD speak at all, adressing the entire group? What was his or the teams reaction to Notre Dame The place was packed to the gunwales. Noisy, frantic and KD spoke. Hard to hear what he said or anything else in that din. Every one was happy and festive. The big concern is will there be enough tickets for all the people who want to go. After all, Chicago is only about one-eighth the distance Portland was. Besides, its Notre Dame, nearly as popular with the Zips faithful as tOSU. Sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue & Gold Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 ABJ has some pictures posted. Looks like it would have been a blast! I also wish I could have seen the live look-in on CBS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Let'sGoZips94 Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 It was a blast. The atmosphere was crazy. The best part was when the camera guy signaled it was our turn to make noise and get picked. The place went nuts. Let's go get ourselves a win over Notre Dame! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue & Gold Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 This should be the link to the fourth picture the Beacon posted of the Barley House watch party. It is of (redshirt?) wing Chauncey Gilliam. He's so nervous before the match-up announcement he can barely look at the tv! No reason for posting this other than the simple fact that I thought it was rather cool that a player who had to sit out on the bench for a year and who knows he has no chance of actually playing in this game, yet feels so much a part of this team that he can hardly bare to look at the tv. This team really seems to love each other. Win or lose, that's extremely cool stuff. Edit: the link doesn't work. It just takes you to the first picture. Chauncey's picture is #4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UA Fan Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 Anyone else surprised the players were decked out in black warm-ups? I didn't recognize our team at first. And what's with Nik's Notre Dame sweatshirt...non comprende. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottditzen Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 Good Lord....look at Nikolas shirt!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave in Green Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 Looks like the Serb knew who he wanted the Zips to draw in the tourney. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meatwad Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 Good Lord....look at Nikolas shirt!!!!!! Pretty sure that's a Celtics hoodie right? Not ND?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UA Fan Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 Good Lord....look at Nikolas shirt!!!!!! Pretty sure that's a Celtics hoodie right? Not ND?? Oh, whew...good catch. I thought for a minute we had a double-agent on our hands Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mes102 Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 ABJ has some pictures posted. Looks like it would have been a blast! I also wish I could have seen the live look-in on CBS. http://www.ncaa.com/video/basketball-men/2...outhwest-region Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoZips Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 It was a blast. The atmosphere was crazy. The best part was when the camera guy signaled it was our turn to make noise and get picked. The place went nuts. Let's go get ourselves a win over Notre Dame! A really neat thing about our "staged" reaction was that the camera man prepped the audience. They knew that he would signal them when to react. Which they did on cue. Thus, there was no five second delay between Greg Gimbel's announcement and our reaction like occurred at nearly all the other schools on cam. Thank you, oh wise camera man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kangaroo Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 The selection party was very well done. Terry Pluto wrote a nice column on it in today's PD. He likened the party's vibe to a sendoff of a local high school team to the State Tournament, which I thought was a great analogy. Unlike a BCS program where star players are sequestered far away from the general public, with the Zips you feel like you're a personal part of the success. Everyone in attendance "knows" the players and staff on a level that's not possible at most other schools. Brett McClanahan walked through the crowd and proactively shook hands with a bunch of fans. He needs to work in UA Athletics when it's all said and done. In fact, it would be great if several of these guys stayed at UA in some capacity? If affable Steve McNees asked fans donate some money to the hoops program, who could turn him down? All the players and staff were accessible, and pretty much on Cloud 9. Smiles, photos, congratulations and handshakes never got old for any of them. My son got photos with most players, + Dambrot. I winced a little bit when he enthusiastically told Abreu - "I like you cuz you're one of the only Zips that can make a lay-up!" Alex laughed. Zeke took pictures with scores of kids, and the smile on his face was as wide with kid #1 and it was for kid #50. Great event. Thanks to all involved! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyzip84 Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 The selection party was very well done. Terry Pluto wrote a nice column on it in today's PD. He likened the party's vibe to a sendoff of a local high school team to the State Tournament, which I thought was a great analogy. Unlike a BCS program where star players are sequestered far away from the general public, with the Zips you feel like you're a personal part of the success. Everyone in attendance "knows" the players and staff on a level that's not possible at most other schools. Brett McClanahan walked through the crowd and proactively shook hands with a bunch of fans. He needs to work in UA Athletics when it's all said and done. In fact, it would be great if several of these guys stayed at UA in some capacity? If affable Steve McNees asked fans donate some money to the hoops program, who could turn him down? All the players and staff were accessible, and pretty much on Cloud 9. Smiles, photos, congratulations and handshakes never got old for any of them. My son got photos with most players, + Dambrot. I winced a little bit when he enthusiastically told Abreu - "I like you cuz you're one of the only Zips that can make a lay-up!" Alex laughed. Zeke took pictures with scores of kids, and the smile on his face was as wide with kid #1 and it was for kid #50. Great event. Thanks to all involved! Those smiles on CK JR's face pretty much summed up the event for me Kudos to all who organized this event!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skip-zip Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 Anyone else surprised the players were decked out in black warm-ups? I didn't recognize our team at first. And what's with Nik's Notre Dame sweatshirt...non comprende. I don't like the black warm ups either. The players might like them. But, they do a poor job of identifying us as a team. I actually wish we wore gold more often. It's would certainly be more unique. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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UA Fan Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 Anyone else surprised the players were decked out in black warm-ups? I didn't recognize our team at first. And what's with Nik's Notre Dame sweatshirt...non comprende. I don't like the black warm ups either. The players might like them. But, they do a poor job of identifying us as a team. I actually wish we wore gold more often. It's would certainly be more unique. They wear these at the games? I had no idea. I'm not really agin it, just hadn't seen it before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue & Gold Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 ABJ has some pictures posted. Looks like it would have been a blast! I also wish I could have seen the live look-in on CBS. http://www.ncaa.com/video/basketball-men/2...outhwest-region Awesome! Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue & Gold Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 I actually wish we wore gold more often. It's would certainly be more unique. +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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