Tuesday morning at 4am the Basketball team met at school. 3 hours later we left on a Mihin Airlines flight to Dhaka, Bangladesh. This was the second time I have ever been to Dhaka and on both occasions I was visiting for a SAISA tournament. The first thing we did was meet the athletics director of AISD, the host school. The AD told us to go to the American Club and relax. After a friendly game of pick up basketball with the team and a gigantic meal at the restaurant we all laid down on pool chairs and passed out for about 3 hours.
We met our hosts shortly after the American club and this year I was hosted with the same family I was hosted with last time. This was pretty cool since I was already close friends with the host student Ajwad. Unlike last time however, he was on the AISD basketball team and it was pretty cool that we were both competing for the SAISA championship. Amazingly though we spent most of our time talking trash about the other teams.
We then got off to an amazing start in the tournament and went the first day undefeated. the second day we lost to Bombay but beat Lincoln in our crossover game. We made a big deal about the crossover game since the OSC boys have not won a crossover game in a while. We called it the "Curse". The curse was really interesting because in 2011 when the boys came 2nd they got a bye on their crossover since they were the first in their pool. So to win this game felt amazing.
We then lost to Dhaka in the semis and lost the conciliation final to TAISM. It was hard and there were times when our team really fell apart but as we've been told many times, "Maturity"and "peace of mind" are attributes that gecko athletes still have to achieve. Throughout this tournament we as a team grew so much and learned a lot about each others strengths and weaknesses and also a lot about our coaches. I think an area that I personally need to work on is perseverance and commitment to my work. When it comes to basketball I do have a strong commitment but I need to find a way to export this commitment to my other activities and school work.
Overall though this was an amazing SAISA and I cant wait to play in my last two seasons next year.
We then got off to an amazing start in the tournament and went the first day undefeated. the second day we lost to Bombay but beat Lincoln in our crossover game. We made a big deal about the crossover game since the OSC boys have not won a crossover game in a while. We called it the "Curse". The curse was really interesting because in 2011 when the boys came 2nd they got a bye on their crossover since they were the first in their pool. So to win this game felt amazing.
We then lost to Dhaka in the semis and lost the conciliation final to TAISM. It was hard and there were times when our team really fell apart but as we've been told many times, "Maturity"and "peace of mind" are attributes that gecko athletes still have to achieve. Throughout this tournament we as a team grew so much and learned a lot about each others strengths and weaknesses and also a lot about our coaches. I think an area that I personally need to work on is perseverance and commitment to my work. When it comes to basketball I do have a strong commitment but I need to find a way to export this commitment to my other activities and school work.
Overall though this was an amazing SAISA and I cant wait to play in my last two seasons next year.
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