January 9, 2024: Game Day (14 hours)

Today was another early start. We had team breakfast at 8:00 am where we all had our favorite bagels with our choice of flavored cream cheese. After breakfast we had team shoot around to prepare for our game later on today. We start off with form shooting to get warmed up and some passing drills. After that we split the guards and post up on each ends of the court. Guards start off with making a certain amount of midrange shots around the arc and then step back into 3s once it's complete. Our bigs on the other end work on their footwork and post moves because most of our turnovers come from traveling. They then also work on mid range shots from the short corner and foul line area. Once we finish shooting, we have team lunch. We decided to give the team a high carb meal so we ordered penne alla vodka with grilled chicken and salad on the side. After we ate lunch we headed to the game and digested the food on the way. Once we got there the coaches sat outside and talked while the team got dressed in the locker room. When they were done I brought them onto the court to start their pregame warmup. They did their stretching routine and then started the layup line. We went into the locker room and had our pregame talk of encouragement. After that we headed back onto the court and got ready for the starting lineup. Tipoff started at 5:00 and the game went till around 7:15. It was a close game but we got the win. After the game we got the players dinner. We decided to get Chipotle. We got back to campus at around 9:00. The girls headed home while the other coaches and I went over the stats we wrote down during the game. We finished at 10:00 and all headed home.