Third Place
I participated in the “Sports Day” basketball 3 on 3 tournament today. We won the first game, lost the next two. We came in third!! Out of 4 teams :0. I should have not taken so long to get on the court… those of you that know me well, know I am a football guy. For those that don’t, basketball I only play because people say “Hey, your tall, your on our team.” I am liken to Dennis Rodman: Don’t expect me to dribble, pass, shoot or display any other fundamental basketball skills. Basically I can run around a lot and get rebounds. And the occasional dunk… of course 
So NEway… I had a bit of a departure from the court since I have been here. Keep in mind, that I was a member of the “Over 30″ squad for my squadron before I left Minot. Not exactly playing against top performing players in that league - at least when it comes to all the running around and shit. So I have the advantage of being able to run up and down the court there and looking like a superstar.. not so much here lol.
Of the four teams, 3 were Air Force and one was Army. Basically each squadron submitted names for the tournament. So there was Communications (ECS), Civil Engineering (ECES) and some other AF team. The Army, on the other hand, get to pick from ALL of the Army. So needless to say the team was a bit stacked. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it! (FYI, there are about 2,500 AF people here, and about 20,000 Army.)
We played the Army in the second game. I was matched up with this 6′6″ guy down low. You may have heard the term “Cock Diesel”. Yeah, that was him.. to a T. This dude was like a rock man, more like a wall… that moved. He had the opportunity to dunk on me - I say dunk ON me - like 4 times. He was being nice (plus I jokingly warned him that I would take him out at the knees if he even tried it. Maybe he didn’t know I was joking…)
Man. Can’t ever win against the Army. All they do is work out!! And carry heavy shit!! Damn!
~SKi~