Basketball Update

I'm ready for baseball. Basketball just has too much action for me. Brantley's team is in second place and they played the first place, undefeated team on Saturday. It was an exciting game with Brantley scoring the first basket of of the game. The Huskers stayed ahead for most of the game, but the Vols came back to tie it at the end of the fourth period to take it to OT. The Huskers couldn't hold on and lost 21 to 17. They were at a disadvantage though. They were short one player, so all of our guys had to play the entire game without a rest. They do switch Conner in for defense for 2 periods so one player gets to rest a little while we are on defense. (In case I didn't mention it, Conner has cerebral palsy.) But, it was a tough game and Brantley even collided with another player and hurt his knee. He went back in though and finished the game. It was disappointing, but as coach told them, he was not disappointed in their performance because they played hard and played as a team. One player for the other team scored 16 of their points. Everyone contributed on the Husker team and the coach was very happy with them. And, if they win the next 2 games, this may well have been a preview of the championship game. They had the game won up until the very end. Would being able to rest a period have made a difference? Maybe.

Coach talked to Brantley after the game and told him how he did a great job. He also told him that he didn't want any more of Brantley telling him he won't play point guard. He said from now on, he's just going to tell Brantley to play point guard. I think the loss was good for him. It took off some of the pressure. He was in very good spirits after the game so we will see how practice goes this week.