DuckTales Part 2

Making the most of the University sport scene over here we got our Ducks jersey’s on and headed down to MacArthur court to see the basketball for the 2nd time in the last few weeks. This time the men’s team were facing Stanford, and we knew straight away that there was considerably more interest in this game than there had been for the women’s due to the fact that campus was heaving. So much so that we missed the start of the game whilst hunting for a car parking space.

Whilst there were still a few empty seats on the courtside, unlike previously the whole upper tier was open and almost filled and the atmosphere was even better than last time. Despite missing the first six minutes of the game the two teams were pretty close when we found our seats, and the game was fast. Much faster than the women’s and with a bit of slam dunking to boot.

I didn’t have to wait too long before I saw what I’d really come for though. Eyes searching the crowd, whilst some people played basketball, I eventually managed to pick out the Duck. He was watching the game intently with some of the fans and appeared to be really enjoying himself. Meanwhile Oregon had begun to falter in the game and Stanford were starting to pull ahead quickly. We began to wonder if it was all over as Oregon began to fall apart quite dramatically. However a well timed time out and the team seemed to get it together to, still lose the match, however only by a few points rather than the landslide that could have been with ten minutes of the game remaining.

My highlight has got to be halftime though. The cheerleaders were entertaining the crowd with some back flips and other gymnastic type stuff, and the Duck started to get involved. The mascot’s attempt at a back flip was simply hilarious and actually not half bad…for a large fat cuddly duck anyway!