Summit League Basketball Tournament: Day Two

Women's first round action and how I was saddened by a Kangaroo


By Samantha Franz
Sports Editor


Saturday afternoon was the kick-off for Summit League tournament action when the first-seeded Oakland University women's team took on eighth-seeded Centenary College at noon CST.


I was not covering the game, so why was I so nervous?


That's because in addition to covering the games, Tim and I are to take out own photos with a Nikon D50 that costs about six of my Oakland Post paychecks (yes, that's a hint at how much I make haha).


I had never used a camera that nice before and I prayed I wouldn't take crappy pictures or that a Golden Grizzly wouldn't come crashing into me while I sat defenseless on the baseline.



Luckily, the photos turned out pretty sweet. You can check out the photo gallery here.



(And for the record, I escaped from the court unscathed...for that day, anyway.)



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One of my best shots, I think. This
one is of Charlese Greer.


After the 60-49 victory, we indulged in another Sonic run (Tim reccomends mixing Dr. Pepper with blue coconut flavor...use your best judgement there) and relaxed until 6 p.m. CST, when we headed back to the UMAC to watch the two top men's seeds (Oral Roberts at 1st and IUPUI at 2nd).


The Oral Roberts game, as expected, was a blowout over Centenary College (man, it just wasn't their day....), which posed the question among the Oakland University media: who would win in a game? Centenary College or Rochester College?


The second game is where things got interesting. The seventh-seeded Kangaroos of UMKC were taking on second-seeded IUPUI and what on paper appeared to be a blowout turned into a great down-to-the-wire game.

But alas, I was saddened. Not by the eventual loss of the underdog, but becase of the complete lack of mobility of Kasey Kangaroo.


See, last year, the portly marsupial wowed the crowd with backflips and mid-air spins. I told my co-workers to just wait for the timeouts. They were going to be dazzled.


Instead, I felt like an idiot because the stupid thing just sat there on it's overweight behind and stared blankly into space.





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Move your ass, buddy.


I felt like that old cartoon where the frog puts on a top hat and dances, but only when nobody else is looking.


Ah, well. Look for more Tulsa escapaes later.