BASKETBALL DIARIES II

(can you find me) @ Uconn

I remember we were in Philadelphia, we had a game against Hofstra. We just arrived in philly so im on the bus with my CD Player. Lol, CD player i know, we go into the marriot to check in real quick Coach Desantis told us we had to come back down real quick because we were late for dinner. So we head back down for dinner. Now any division one player knows the best about playing is actually off the court. You get money(allowance type), you eat at five star restaurant and stay at 5 star hotels. So we always eat chicken parm, and that was ritual. Thats why chicken parm is my favorite dish to this day and i can whip up a good chicken parm meal. So we eat, right after we had to go to our usual walk thru before game day.

>>>>>Now go back, mind you my coach told us to rush back down stairs when we got to the hotel. I didnt hear that he said to bring your sneakers and such because we have to do walk thru and this was the first time we did this right after dinner. I should of been paying attention and my coach is CRAZY!! And scary.

So we get to the gym, and im like "FUCK!!" "I left my sneakers at the gym". So i hit my main man on the team Vern which is also a captain, like "Yo i dont have my kicks, i cant walk thru i cant tell Coach D he gon kill me". Vern had this look like he gon kill all of us. And thats the type of coach he is, everybody gets it. So i knew i had to think of something quick. Boom. I play sick because we ate quick.

So right when everybody is going outside to the gym i go to the bathroom, i stay in there for about a hour until they were done. He sent like 3 players to check on me and i told them my stomach was hurting and i got the runs. Man i just sat there for the whole time, scared lol. I can hear him cussing me out which made it worse, i made sure i came out right when it was time to huddle and go. I came out holding my stomach, everybod was asking me was i good?? im like yeahh if only these niggaz knew. That night we had a film session at midnight at hotel. In the room there was a table full of candy not thinking i come in with everyone else and grab a piece of candy just like everybody else. Coach was there i forgot i lied about being sick.

Next day after the game in the locker room. We lost. I didnt play (due to being sick lol). Coach yelled at all the main stars on the team, and i sat there with the pitiful face like "damn". I had nothing to do with it. But then........

He looks at me and says

"and this mutherfucker claims hes sick but reaches for the fuckin' bowl and grabs candy, you wasnt sick muthafucka, i got players being sick!!!

Omg, my heart dropped. I couldnt believe he noticed and blame the loss on me, he yelled at me for about 10 minutes. I was so embarrassed and pissed lol. So we left, i got on the bus...and boy o boy it was quiet, but niggaz was whispering asking me if i wanted some candy! SMH.

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