Lulu and I love going to FSU basketball games - both boys and girls. We live about a mile from the arena and usually go to the game on our Vespa scooter. We are able to park for free and also beat the traffic home.
Usually the arena only fills two times a year for boys basketball games - Duke and Carolina. It holds 15,000 but usually 6000 is a good crowd. Such is life at a football school.
This year FSU has a very good team filled with a lot of young talent. Half of the players are freshman and many games they start 3 rookies. Their record is 13-3 after the 8 point loss to Duke.
We arrived at the Tucker Center at about 1:15 for the 2 PM game. Lulu and I split up - trying to find the perfect pair of tickets at the right price. Many times - Lulu is lucky enough to get free surplus tickets from the season ticket holders. Usually we pay $5 to $10 - no more - on the street. For the Duke game - we even considered $40 a ticket if they were close enough to the court. Face value is $20 - but in Florida one is allowed to sell sports and concert tickets at whatever price the market will bear.
Today - I scored an excellent pair of tickets for $20 each - just 8 rows right behind Duke's Coach K. I could almost paint his bald spot.
The summary of the game is simple. Duke won the first half in the low scoring game - 19 to 14 -but when they came out for the second half thanks to the aid of some "Duke refs" Duke went ahead by 21 points. FSU stormed back in the last 7 minutes - but could not catch up. Duke won by 8.
Someone has already given us tickets for the Carolina game - so there will not be many ticket scalping challenges left this year - unless the Seminoles tear up the ACC. Everybody loves a winner.
FSU's football team is stocked for next year. If this basketball team holds together - they have a promising future "next year" too.
We like rooting for Duke because two of our family went to school there. But when you are cheering against the Dukies - you can really see how the refs favor Duke.
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