The road trip to Denver for the men's basketball team could not have started any better than it did on Wednesday. First, the team arrived safely in Colorado after a long bus ride that included a stop for lunch at one of my old radio residences...Hays, Kansas. It allowed me to spend a few minutes visiting with Gerard Wellbrock, my old friend and talented radio voice of the Fort Hays State Tigers. I worked with Gerard for two years at Eagle Radio in Hays from 2005-2007 before moving to Tulsa. Gerard has been one of my mentors in the industry and I really admire his discipline and professionalism. He and his wife were so good to me and my family in our time there. After a brief check-in at the hotel in Denver, the team made a mad dash for the Pepsi Center where we watched the Nuggets lose to Portland 130-113. The Blazers were highly efficient and Denver was not. It led to a halftime score of 84-50. That's the most points I've witnessed an NBA team put up in a half of basketball. It was pretty hard to fathom how bad Denver played. Not enough shooters on that team, or as my broadcast partner Steve Bontrager would say, "not enough makers". In case you're wondering like we were, the most points ever scored in the first half of an NBA game...107 by the Phoenix Suns in 1990, against Denver no less. After a day full of travel and play, it's time to put in some work. Practice at Metro State is on the agenda Thursday with game one of the weekend Friday night against the highly-ranked Roadrunners. It will tip at 8 p.m. in the central time zone. Saturday against UC-Colorado Springs tips at 6 p.m. You can listen to both games on RSU Radio 91.3 FM or on the Hillcat Network at
www.rsuhillcats.com/live. Pretty cool place to open up the new season.
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