Gonzaga basketball

After spending 6 years in Spokane, Mr. J became a huge Gonzaga basketball fan. For those of you who aren't from Washington, Gonzaga is a small Catholic university in Spokane that has a stellar basketball team. So you can imagine Mr. J's excitement when he found out last year that they would be holding the West Coast Conference Championship right here in Vegas. So, we splurged and got tickets to the conference that was the first weekend in March. Friday and Saturday night we got to watch some other teams play and on Sunday and Monday we got to watch the Zags. They were so much fun! There were so many people there to cheer on Gonzaga, it was great. We felt like we were back in Spokane! Of course, GU won both games. They went on to the big dance and eventually lost to the Tarheels (who ended up winning the whole thing).

The kids had lots of fun. The highlight for them was the concession stands. There was a ticket mix up that occured prior to the tournament and people at the Orleans (where the games were at) were so glad Mr. J brought in the extra tickets they accidently sent him, that they gave us a bunch of free coupons to use at the concession stands. The kids got popcorn one night, and cotton candy on another. Also, the girls really liked the cheerleaders as well. This led to some good conversations on modesty... since that was something some of the teams cheerleaders lacked. The tournament occured during spring break week, so there were lots of students at the game. The girls sitting in front of us had made lots of creative signs, so Miss M. used her magnadoodle to practice writing Go Zags and holding it up.


All ready for the game...