Longtime fans hoping for a Wildcats win Monday night didn't get their wish, but they were still happy to celebrate the team they love.
Caitlin Schmidt Sue Alexander moved to Tucson to chase her love of basketball, and in the past few years alone, that gamble has payed off more than she ever could have imagined.
McKale Center was surrounded on all sides by fans shortly before the doors opened at 6 p.m., with hundreds of people eagerly waiting to get inside an hour before tipoff. The excitement was palpable, as fans chatted within their groups or striking up friendships with strangers waiting in line. The rest of the fans.... not so much. The crowd roared to life every time the Wildcats scored and every time a call didn't go their way.
She picked it up quickly. Working in gerontology, Alexander spent a lot of time in nursing homes and often found herself driving from Green Valley straight to games, still wearing her uniform skirt. "It's so exciting to feel that championship feeling. I was there in 1976 at Indiana University as a grad student and we won every game," she said."That's the last time any basketball team has made it through the whole season and finals without losing, so I know what that championship feeling is like and the luck and dedication it takes. And we almost did it last year."
She's also grateful that fan favorite Sam Thomas stayed for another season. A former student worker at both Indiana, Illinois State and Oklahoma, Alexander said she knows what a real student-athlete is like and Thomas fits the description. Myrna Feldman loves the friendships on the this year's team and the way the women help each other out, recognizing they function better as a unit than as individual players.Alexander agrees, pointing to the team's deep roster of international players.
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