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Last night The Chalmers, Katie's WFU Med School friend Jennifer, and I had a great time at the Tech vs. Wake game (other than the losing part). Jennifer took us to a great restaurant, Village Tavern, that was surprisingly busy for a Tuesday night. We quickly learned why it was so crowded as the food was great. We all split a calamari appetizer and I ended up making a "game time" decision on dinner and got the flank steak with seasonal vegetables and mashed potatos. I think everyone enjoyed their food.

After we headed to the coliseum and met Stan and picked up our tickets in the third row behind the bench. If you were watching the game we were the block of about five people wearing yellow behind the team. Unfortunately we only had two courtside seats and Jennifer with her student ticket and Katie with her scalped ticket were in the upper deck for a few minutes. Luckily there were a couple of extra seats and since the ushers weren't checking tickets they were able to move down and join us which was fun.

Regarding the game, it's amazing how different the court looks from that close, it looks much bigger on TV and the players take up a lot more space. I'm going to have to be rich or get really lucky to get seats down there because it's great to be able to see the players' and coaches' expressions. As for the team's play we looked improved but still seem to lack the fire to make a run or hold an all too rare lead.

Here are some camera phone shots and a video:

Warm ups







Honoring the Wake Football team at halftime. ARGHHHHHHH




And for the group from last night: