How college basketball has helped pass away this long, pandemic winter
I married the right woman. There are many lofty reasons that I can cite. But during this long pandemic winter, there is one that stands out — college basketball.
I am truly fortunate that my wife enjoys sports as much as I do. In the winter, pandemic or no pandemic, basketball has always been our preferred entertainment.
I’m not sure what we thought when we picked the day for our wedding, however. It indeed wasn’t chosen around basketball. We were married on the night of Ohio’s annual state high school basketball tournament finals and the NCAA tournament’s regional games. Despite that, our fathers still attended the ceremony.
Over our 50 years of marriage, our basketball cravings evolved. When we were first married, we bounced from local high school games to college and even an occasional pro game.
When our daughter and son played in junior high and high school, those games became priority number one. We plowed our way through snowstorms to tiny crackerjacks box gyms in the middle of nowhere to holler our lungs out.
As empty-nesters, we settled in on snowy evenings and watched college basketball on TV. We’ve kept that habit to this day.
