The picture doesn’t make it obvious, but on Tuesday, February 16th, I went to the extremely hyped up Battle of Lexington. Now I don’t want this post to be too negative, so let me start off by saying this: at least they tried. The Bearcats took on the Brooklyn Bulldogs and may I say that Brooklyn came with their game face, for both the women’s and men’s games. In the first half of the women’s game, I didn’t have much hope for a triumphant victory because by that time the Bulldogs had already seized the opportunity to take a good lead. Now the second half was a completely different story because things seemed to be turning around for our beloved Bearcats. They switched their defensive strategy around, offense seemed to actually be putting effort and there was a slight chance that they could actually win. Well, I turned out to be wrong and they did in fact lose the game. After the women’s game I barely had any hope for the men, however watching them practice lifted my spirits. The men’s game started off really strong and slowly dwindled down. Although they only lost by about 14 points I was still disappointed that the Bearcats didn’t take home at least one win. Nevertheless, they get an A for effort and I’m still a proud member of the Baruch Bearcat family.
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Blog Post #1: Student Life
This past week I attended the first live basketball game of my life. No, it wasn’t the Knicks or the Nets, it was the so called “Baruch Bearcats”. If we look at current records of the animal itself, its not doing too well in the real world. When the female basketball team got on the court they seemed really enthusiastic about winning the game. We are on home turf, had a presentation from many different clubs cheering before the game even started but none of it worked out at the end. The girls were down throughout every single quarter of the game. The closest they got to the Brooklyn Bulldogs was 7 points behind, but they ultimately lost 45-67 to a well structured team. The halftime show was actually entertaining with some of today’s music hits where people got on the court and had a dance off. I also stayed and waited 45 mins for the Men’s basketball team to play. I could say their performance was a lot better than those of the women’s team, but they also managed to lose against Brooklyn by 15 points with the game ending at 58-73. The sport itself was enjoyable, but what was annoying is the “free shots” every time a player falls on the court. Hopefully both teams improve and make Baruch students proud of being a bearcat. Til next time!