SAISA basketball rap up

well i guess this post has been a little delayed.... amidst the hype i wasn't really thinking about my cas blog but anyway... WE TOTALLY WON THE GRANDFINAAALLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

we came in as undefeated champions defeating the American school in Dhaka in the grandfinal. It was such a great experience, one of my favourite tournaments to have ever played in.

Our games on the first day went by easily, we had great energy out on the court which i thin resulted from some solid team bonding in the week leading up to the tournament. Everyone was excited to go out and play, and boy did we.

Second day games were slightly more challenging but nothing that had us worried. We finished the day top of our pool and begun preparing for the final day of games which of course were most important. To do this we had lots of team meetings, reflecting on our games thus far and on games we had watched. We worked together to develop strategies to take on the tougher teams in the games leading up to the final.

On the final day of the tournament, spirits were still flying high but there was definitely a nervous vibe amongst the team. As captain i knew this was something i would have to monitor and make sure no one panicked or let their nerves get the best of them.

Our first game was a semi final against the Bombay team which we were worried for. But we went out hard and stole the game within the first few minutes and came away with an easy win.

The build up for the grand final game on the evening of day three was big. Masses of people came in to watch the game and all other participants joined them. We had the home court and the home crowd, all we had to do was go out and get the win as well. And that is exactly what we did.

We started the game slow, with Dhaka leading the game 6-0 until the last second of the first quarter when Carla score us a buzzer beater to take the score to 6-2 at the break. From there on we got our "mojo" back and absolutely destroyed the game. We came away with a close to a 30 point win... not even close.

I had an absolute ball this season and coaching this particular team was just the biggest privilege. We handled ourselves in such a respectful manner and played with heart and spirit. At no stage did i ever doubt a single one of our players, everyone wanted it and everyone fought for it.