I had never before seen street signs with a direction, a numbers and another direction on them. But that was before I started driving around Provo and Salt Lake City today. They are cookie cutter cities surrounded by mountains. It is a beautiful sight. Much like Vegas, minus the vice. But I could do without taking a left on South 500 West Street or 100 North Street or taking the exit toward 1300 Street. It was interesting to say the least. And try inserting these streets into a GPS. It’s not happening.
That why the Huskies have their own bus that carts them around. Geno & Co. are the smart ones. After they arrived Sunday, it took them to Park City, Utah, a resort town that is about 12 square miles in size. Today, it took them to the Jazz practice facility where they worked out for about 90 minutes. Then it was off to a shop, eat dinner and the Jazz/Bulls game at EnergySolutions Arena.
Geno tries to keep the players occupied by doing fun things on every road trip. As you can see this trip was no different. And Chris Dailey was trying to get in touch with former UConn star and current Bulls star Ben Gordon too.
“They’re basketball kids,’’ Geno said. “They like basketball and they’re basketball fans. We’re in town. They’re in town. I happen to know the GM (Kevin O’Connor) here. We’ve done it a bunch of times and sometimes it’s counterproductive because it’s a lousy game or it’s just a waste of time. But I think kids get a kick out of watching people do what they do. I’m want to see them enjoy themselves and kind of not sit around the hotel room.’’
Freshman Buck was one of many players who was excited about taking in the Jazz game. But before she went she had to do some homework. Without cable TV in her house growing up she wasn’t able to watch NBA games and keep track of who’s who and who plays for who. That’s where her current teammates came in handy.
“I’ve never been to a men’s professional game,’’ Buck said. I’ve only been to like three women’s professional games and they were all Sun games so it’s going to be exciting. I actually have to do a little research. My parents got cable like last month. So if I was going to go and watch something it wasn’t going to be a pro men’s basketball game. So I haven’t ever really followed them or watched at all. So I have to kind of pick everybody’s brain and find out what’s going on.’’
Heather said the main reason that her parents decided to get cable was so that they could watch her play when the Huskies are not on CPTV. By the way, they have become fans of “House’’ too.
Friday will be a big day for Heather. She will be reevaluated yet again. If all goes well she will be cleared to being some light activity, which is more than just shooting in one place like she’s doing now. She said she’s about 80-85 percent as she tries to kick this bout with mononucleosis.
Rich
