Life on the Road

Many people believe that traveling on an SPU athletic team is all relaxing and getting to miss class. What many people don't know is that athletes don't have much down time at all. In my experience on the Mens Basketball team, we goes from one thing to another. A few weeks ago we went to Western Oregon University, in Monmouth Oregon. We got to the hotel at about eleven at night just in time for "lights out". We woke up the next morning at nine to get breakfast and go to WOU for a shoot around at the school (which is about 45 mins away). We got there, had our shoot around, then traveled all the way back to the hotel to get our jerseys and game gear before our team dinner at Olive Garden. We got to the restaurant at about 3:45 and didn't get our food till about an hour after that. By the time we were down eating it was about 5:30 and the game was at 7:00. Rushing to the gym, we got ready and started warming up at 6:30. We won our game, which ended up being much closer than expected; winning on a buzzer beater layup by Chris Banchero. Right after the game, we started our 4 hour drive back home. This trip was one of the more hectic trips that I have been on, but it goes to show you that playing collegiate sports isn't all fun and games.