This is a week of Rice sports for me — Rice football bowl game on Tuesday night (details coming, as the pictures and video are more complex), and a Rice men’s basketball game this afternoon. Rice came to town to play University of Richmond, and I took Will to his first college sporting event. Unfortunately, Rice came away on the short end of the game, losing rather badly. (Luckily, the photo to the right was taken after the game score had been cleared.)
I think Will enjoyed himself. The arena was neither crowded nor loud, as students weren’t back from winter break yet. But for whatever reason, Rice was largely flat throughout the game and got blown out fairly early. Will enjoyed his food and had fun watching the game. He talked some to a Richmond fan (lady) next to him, and I wound up sitting next to a Rice grad (Chris D. — Baker ‘87) and talking to him for a while. While it wasn’t the result I wanted, Will actually went into the game saying he was going to be rooting for Richmond, and during the game he told me that he liked cheering for the team “with more points.” I think he’ll be interested in going to another one again.
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