Richmond’s Sam Stevenson waits for a pass during a recent game.
We won the regular-season title and are going to be the No. 1 seed in the Atlantic 10 Tournament, which begins Friday in Pittsburgh. We will play Temple in our first game.
It’s really neat seeing how far we’ve come since to the beginning season to now, and shows how good a team we are. We want to keep improving and killing all of our opponents.
This feels similar to going into FCIACs and states at Darien. Our seniors are saying they don’t want the season to end this weekend. We are not guaranteed a spot in the NCAA Tournament if we win the conference title but we would play a qualifying game.
I’m really excited. I’m hoping to contribute to the championship because the seniors and upperclassmen have been talking about how we should have been doing this the last few years and we desrve to be No. 1.
I don’t think there is any other pressure being the top seed but we would like another shot at UMass, which is the only team in the league that beat us during the regular season.
The past week was really tough because I have been suffering sharp pains in my stomach. I’m getting an Ultrasound on Monday because they still don’t know what is causing the problem. It could be my gallbladder but I’m not sure.
The pain is really random. I missed practice last Thursday because the pain was so bad and because of it I was unable to play in Friday’s game. I didn’t like sitting on the sidelines. I always want to contribute as much as I can. It’s hard watching the team knowing you can’t help. Fortunately my stomach hasn’t bothered me the last few days. I’ve really been watching what I eat.
I’m on my way to practice right now but the next time you hear from me hopefully I will be telling you about our Atlantic 10 title.
