Best Night Ever

Let's just get it out in the open. I don't think many people actually read my blog, and I'm about to cut that following in half: I'm a Duke fan. Not only am I a fan of the Blue Devils, but I've actually been a fan longer than I have of Kansas State. I'm not saying I like Duke more than K-State, but not many people can stand Duke....I happen to be one of them.

Sometime in middle school, I started to love the Blue Devils. I got selected to be a part of the 'Duke Talent Search' (as I'm sure did many others), but from that point on I wanted nothing more than to go to Duke, so I became a huge fan. At some point in high school I realized there was no way I could afford to go there, so I had to choose where my new loyalty would lie - and it landed with the Cats.


March Madness was always fun choosing my brackets then. And if you ask my dad he'll tell you, that for the past ten-ish years, I would always pick Duke to when the whole thing, whether I thought they could do it or not. I never thought K-State versus Duke would happen, so last year everyone started asking me who I would cheer for. After a lot of thought (don't yell at me, I really had to think about it for awhile), I decided....I bleed purple. I had to cheer for my Cats.

So last year when I saw that K-State and Duke would be playing in the CBE classic in Kansas City, I knew I would be there. When the schedule was released, and K-State and Duke would only play on the second night, if at all, I bought my tickets. At the time, I had already made my decision to move to Denver, but I knew I would make it back somehow. I mean, how often will this game happen? I told my friend Erin about it and she was in! She is a die-hard Husker, but is also a huge Duke fan, and last year, became a K-State basketball fan. Don't say she jumped on the Cats bandwagon, it's not like that at all - but we knew this was the match-up we couldn't wait for!

Shortly into the game, I realized as much as I love Duke, there was no way I could cheer for them - everything I had was yelling for purple! It wasn't quite the competitive game we were hoping for, but we had amazing seats in the 6th row and got to see two of the best teams in the country, and two of the best COACHES in the country, play.....and what a night to remember. The only thing I can hope for is that we get to take another shot at Duke - in April.

Go Cats!!

We had amazing seats:

Happy because Duke won:

Sad because K-State lost. We'll get 'em next time!