Women's Conference Basketball Tournament - Orlando, FL

by Anthony Hingley (rising junior)

Right before Spring Break kicked off this year, the ECU Lady Pirates Basketball team went down to Orlando, FL to participate in the annual C-USA Conference Tournament hosted by UCF. The winner of the tournament was guaranteed a spot in the NCAA Women's Tournament. Last year, our team won the tournament. This year, the pep band, cheerleaders, and dance team all went down to Orlando to support the Pirates. We left Greenville on that Wednesday at around 4pm. We finally got to our hotel in Orlando around 2:30am. It was a long bus ride, but we were excited, the game was going to be a blast.

The next day, we had free time until around 7pm when we had to meet at the hotel to load the bus to go to the coliseum. So after spending the day just walking around and relaxing, we were ready to go cheer the Lady Pirates on. When we got to the stadium, there weren't too many people there, but that meant that we had to cheer even louder for our team. In a disappointing game, ECU lost, and we were all not looking forward to another ten and a half hour bus ride after just arriving. To the rescue comes Terry Holland, who asks all of us if we would rather stay in Orlando for another day. We, of course, all said yes.

The next day, about half of the group decided to buy tickets and go to Disney World, while the rest of us opted for another day of relaxation. When it came time for us to go home, we reluctantly loaded the bus and headed back to Greenville. The team didn't win, but we still managed to have a good time and enjoy ourselves.