What a week here in Happy Valley. The Penn State Men's Basketball Team won the first championship of a national tournament in program history. While it was not the NCAA, the NIT still gives students a team to rally behind.
On Tuesday, our team headed to Madison Square Garden to play Notre Dame. Over sixteen busloads of students (myself included) made the five hour voyage from State College to New York City to watch Penn State beat the Irish! We were all excited after we won!
On Thursday, our competition was a bit stiffer. Over 36 busloads of students (myself included again) made the trip to Madison Square Garden to watch Penn State knock off Baylor in a come from behind 69-63 victory to win the NIT Championship! It was such a great experience to watch my team hoist a trophy and cut down the nets in the mecca of all sports, Madison Square Garden!
On top of that, the #40 recruited player for 2010, Taran Buie, brother of our co-captain, Taylor Battle, committed to Penn State after we clinched the NIT championship! We are so excited for what our program may become - Penn State will always be a football school, but basketball is definitely on the rise!
As far as my life is going, I am in the middle of the final stretch of tests before a break before finals week. I have been averaging three to four tests a week and can't wait for the summer to have the burden of school lifted off of my shoulders. College is fun, but is also a lot of work. It is all about maintaining that balance of work and fun - I had my fun last week with Penn State winning the NIT and now it is time to start buckling down for the home stretch of my freshman year!
- Tracker
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"Numbers, you can beat numbers sometimes. Records can be broken, but legacies, they live forever, and that's what I want to leave with." -- Jamelle Cornley (Penn State Forward; Senior)
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