Kansas and Colorado

I guess a 7-day all expenses paid trip during the holidays isn't so bad, even if it's to such rural areas such as Manhattan, Kansas and Colorado Springs, Colorado.  I made the trip with the Rutgers basketball team as it played two games over the course of the week -- against Kansas State on December 28th and Air Force on the 31st.  We got lucky with the weather.  Not a flake of snow fell from the sky and the temperature ranged during the day from the 40's to the 60's.

How warm was it in Kansas on December 28th?  Well, I'm wearing a short sleeve shirt without a problem.   The Kansas State campus, including the student union, which consists of a bowling alley, is in the background.

This was taken in downtown Manhattan, Kansas, otherwise known as Aggieville.  Does anybody have any idea why they call this area Aggieville?   Especially considering that a Big 12 rival of Kansas State is called the Aggies.

At practice the night before Rutgers' basketball game against Kansas State.

Rutgers basketball radio play-by-play man Bruce Johnson and I knew prior to the game against Kansas State there were good things coming.  Sure enough, RU came away with a 76-66 win.

After flying in to Colorado Springs the morning of December 29th, the RU basketball team the next day took a tour of the US Olympic Training Center.......

.....and I was invited to tag along.

Then from the training center, it was on to downtown Colorado Springs.

On December 31st, Rutgers played against Air Force.  OK, it wasn't quite THIS dark in the gym during the game, but the arena's lighting does need to be upgraded.

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