Watched some Lone Star Conference championship basketball with my dad while visiting the 'rents. Saw some of the usual disgraceful fan behavior. Dude, you can yell "Traveling!" as loud as you want for as long as you want -- you can scream it from when the game starts if you'd like (and the fact that your voice wouldn't last the whole 40 minutes would improve the second half quite a bit), but referees don't change calls because someone six rows up says they got it wrong. The fact that uniformed police officers on duty at the game had to come and tell you, ostensibly an adult, to sit down and calm down should clue you in that you need to improve your self-control.
Also saw some top-notch class. Two of the women playing for Abilene Christian University (whose aforementioned fans seem to have trouble identifying with the second word in that name) fouled out. After their respective fifth fouls were called, they each went over to shake the opposing coach's hand before leaving the court. Coach Shawna Lavender produces some women of excellent character, and I'm now a fan of her program even though I doubt I'll ever make too many of their games.
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