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Once I finish my finals here at Furman, I’m going to be a Georgia Bulldog.  Its been a month since I’ve posted on here but a lot has been going on.  I only spoke with a few programs and have decided that the best fit for me is the University of Georgia. I will be on the basketball team there as a walk on.  To say I’m excited about being a part of Coach Fox’s program is an understatement.

I also found out I was named to the SoCon’s Academic All-Conference team.

I guess you could say this has been a good day.

Flashback July of 2006: I’ve just finished playing in an AAU tournament in West Virginia.  It was the last tournament of a two week AAU road trip. I’m on the elevator back up to my hotel room when I get a call from my dad. I can barely hear it on the elevator but it went something like this, “Connor, I just got off the phone with Coach Jackson from Furman. They offered you a scholarship.” I told my dad I could barely hear him and that I’d call him back. I had heard him clearly; I was just a little in shock. Could it be possible that the #1 school on my list had offered me a scholarship? I called back once I got to my room and it was confirmed.

I called Coach Jackson and he wanted to let me know that I was the first player he and his new staff wanted and offered. I was to get back to him within a few weeks with my decision. I literally jumped for joy for 5 minutes and was probably the happiest human being on the planet.

Fast forward 2.5 years

If you would have told me this was going to happen when I signed my letter of intent, I would have laughed for two days straight. I woke up today and my life flashed before my eyes. I was completely satisfied with my decision but I still couldn’t believe I was getting ready to head over to the basketball offices to ask for my release.

I will be transferring from Furman. Where to? I don’t know yet. I just want to say thank you to all of the Furman fans that were supportive of me over the past two years. So many of you either approached me after games, on campus, or by emailing or commenting on my blog and I really appreciated that.

No doubt about it. This is the best time of year to be a basketball fan.  I was unable to satisfy my usual obsession with the NCAA tournament this year. I did fill out a bracket, but I had two tests today and I was studying all weekend.  I had an international marketing exam this morning at 10:30 and then an accounting exam from 3-5.  I had to miss weights and will lift on Wednesday instead.

We are allowed to fill out brackets for our own entertainment as long as we don’t pay money to join a pool and there is no prize.  Here mine is. Not bad I guess. I’ve done much worse. 13 out of the 16 sweet sixteen. Entire elite 8 alive.  I had to go with the homer pick and put Wisconsin in the sweet sixteen and it turned out costly.

I’m watching the NIT tonight. Davidson @ St. Mary’s is an intriguing matchup to me.  Stephen Curry vs. Patty Mills.  If this was a regular season matchup it would have been prime time.  Its too bad they have to play at 11:30 PM eastern on a Monday night.  Watching the game brings back good memories. My first win as a Paladin came on that court. We beat Howard to improve to 1-11 I believe.

I’ll be back soon.

Ok so I started writing a post about what happened over my spring break and it was getting really boring so I’ll just break it down in bullet form:

• Friday: We lost to Samford in the first round of the conference tournament on Friday night. I rode home with my parents so I could make it for Milton’s Elite 8 game.
• Saturday: Watched my brother Evan score 15 points to help Milton reach the Final Four for the first time in 50+ years.
• Sunday: Left at around 8am to go to Dog Island.
• Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday: Hung out at the beach with H-Dizzle and J-Money.
• Thursday: Left Florida at 9am and met my family at the Gwinett Arena for the Final Four. Milton won and advanced to the state championship for the first time in school history.
• Friday: Went to the ACC tournament with Greg.  Saw UNC barely scrape by Virginia Tech and Florida State barely scrape by Georgia Tech.  Drove from the ACC tournament to the state championship. Milton lost by 20 to a really really good Wheeler team.
• Saturday: Went out for breakfast with my sister Lauren. In an effort to cheer Evan up, I took him to the final four of the ACC tournament to cheer against the Tar Heels and watch his Dukies beat up on Maryland.
• Sunday: Since I didn’t drive my car home from school, my dad drove me up to Furman en route to Charlotte for a business trip.

Now I’m just trying to get caught up on my schoolwork. We missed 4 or 5 days due to our Charleston road trip and the conference tournament and there was a snow day on the Monday before we left for Chattanooga.  I have a test tomorrow and two on Monday.  THAT IS NOT SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN.  There should be a rule saying that under no circumstances is it permissible for a teacher to schedule an exam on the Monday following the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday are fair game.

I’ll be studying and doing laundry for the rest of the night. I’d go to the Furman baseball game downtown if I wasn’t trying to catch up for this Chemistry test tomorrow.

Yesterday we practiced at Furman after class and then hit the road. We got to Chattanooga around 9:30 and got some food at the downtown Taco Mac. For me it brought back memories of eating at the Taco Mac in Alpharetta after high school games.

Speaking of high school games, both the girls and boys teams from Milton went to the state tournament this year. My sister and the girls lost in the sweet sixteen and my brother and the boys are playing in the Elite 8 on Saturday night.

Today we had practice on the court at the arena at 10am. We were given per diem for lunch and a few of us took the free Chatanooga shuttle down to the CheeBurger CheeBurger right by the aquarium.  Chris Picardi and Garret (aka Gary aka Gordon) Copeland decided to attempt to eat the Pounder which actually weighs 20.5 ounces.  I am proud to say they completed the task and got their pictures posted on the wall of fame.  They immediately regretted the decision when we sprinted 50 yards to catch the shuttle to take us back to the hotel. 

We went back to the arena to watch the Furman women’s team play App State.  App State caught fire and erased a substantial second half deficit to win the game.   We have a couple of hours in the hotel right now before we get some dinner. Since we play at 9:30 tomorrow night I’ll probably post something during the day tomorrow.

Here are some more pics from our trip in Charleston so far. After practice we had a few minutes to screw around and Zach Greene decided he was gonna throw one down. Check it out:

Its been a while since I’ve posted. We haven’t been playing too well lately. We beat Georgia Southern at home but have since lost 3 straight. We lost to Davidson at home to a sold out Timmons arena (don’t even get me started) and injured Stephen Curry in the process. We were all over ESPN for a few days. We lost an overtime game to Wofford on Sr. Night.

We’re in Charleston right now. We played the Citadel tonight. They destroyed us. We wore our white home jerseys because they were wearing blue for a “blue out”. It was a great environment for a college basketball game. We were down 3 at halftime but in the second half they pulled away.

After the game, I shaved (turns out I only have to be called Pau Gasol once before I shave), showered and headed downtown. Zach, Christ (Chris Toler), Crispy (Chris Picardi), Garrett, and I found a really good Mexican restaurant on King Street. We’re about to practice at Charleston’s new arena. I’ll try to take a few pictures throughout the day and put them up later.

From Charleston

About a month ago it seemed like everybody on Facebook made a list of 25 interesting things about them. At the end they tagged 25 friends and the rules were that the 25 people that got tagged had to make their own list.  I was tagged in a couple but I refused to give in. I realized that I haven’t updated my blog in a little while and figured this would be a good way to let whoever reads this get to know me better. Read the rest of this entry »

I’d like to take this opportunity to give some shoutouts.
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