The theme of the night was social media night , but if you
hadn’t known it to begin with you would have thought you were sitting in an
Oprah Winfrey show getting Oprah’s favorite things for the new year. Don’t believe me? People won everything under the sun, from
furniture such as recliners and mattresses to pizza deals, gift cards, and of
course the customized social media night T-shirts! It seemed like everyone who attended the game
won something… Except the Ball State Men’s Basketball team…
It has been a great year thus far for the men’s basketball
team and they have had so much success compared to years past. The final score of the game was 72-69 in a
losing effort to the Ohio Bobcats.
Obviously the game was close and if the baskets had been handed out as
freely as all of the items people won that night Ball State would have ran away
with the game. The team did have a
chance to tie it in the last seconds as they had the ball with 11.2 seconds
left, but an errant play resulted in no points and a loss for the home
team.
However, as I’m sure Oprah would suggest, let’s stay focused
on the positives of the night! The fan
showing was better than it had been all year.
People flocked to the game, whether it was because of the product on the
court or Oprah’s giveaways we’ll never know.
I for one would like to think it is because of the great team we’ve
got. Not only did fans get so much free
stuff throughout the contest, they also got to participate in other ways as
well. Fans got to vote on what songs
they wanted to be played by the band, participate in on-court promos during
time outs and half time, and even submit their favorite photos of the game for
prizes.
It was as if Santa came again in early February to hand out
all of the presents he forgot to give you in December!
When all was said done, yes Ball State came out on the
losing in… But let’s look at things on the bright side; they’re still in first
place in the MAC West Division! They
continue to surprise a fan base that hasn’t had much to cheer for in recent
years, and it is time we give them the recognition they deserve.
Social Media Night: http://www.ballstatesports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=210701094&DB_OEM_ID=14200
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