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Just two weeks after the
Big 12 championship game, we headed back to Cowboys Stadium to see another #2-ranked Longhorn team play, this time the men's basketball team.
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Featuring the Horns and the defending national champion North Carolina Tar Heels, this was the first basketball game ever played at the new stadium.
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Our seats were behind the goal and not far from the band and Texas bench.
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The boys kept themselves entertained before tip-off! Gotta love the DS!
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For basketball the stadium has a special scoreboard that hangs below the ginormous "Diamond Vision" screens.
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This was a home game for the Horns: Texas announcers, the Longhorn Band and our UT promo. "Get your Horns up!"
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It's been almost two years
since I've seen the Horns play hoops, so it was nifty to see Coach Barnes and the guys up close.
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Tip-off! The game was really close for most of the first half.
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Our lunch break gave us a chance to ride in a private elevator (to get from the floor to the concessions) and see the game from the party pass area.
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AND Katie got to make up a new song: "Seven! Seven dollar! Seven dollar footlong!"
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But what a view from that end! Our seats were in the taller risers behind the goal.
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During one timeout, the stadium announcer made a big deal of using the giant screens for an extra-large video game. The game of choice? Pong!
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In the second half, the Horns were shooting on our end. At Texas-ou we have our "lucky endzone." Well, this must be the lucky goal because the Horns pulled away from the Tar Heels in the second half.
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The Horns were hitting from everywhere! It helps to have a deep bench.
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Later that night our volleyball team played for the national championship. They lost, but what a season those girls had! And what a great time to be a Longhorn: #2 in football, men's basketball, volleyball AND the preseason #1 in baseball! LOVE IT!
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More than 38,000 were there for this game, which the stadium folks said was a trial run for the NBA All-Star game that will be there in February. Of course, most of the 38,000+ were Texas fans, but UNC was well-represented, too!
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Horns win, 103-90! Then it was time for "The Eyes."
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After the game we moved to the end of our section to watch the players head to the locker room. Damion James and the others are BIG BOYS!
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We got to see Dexter Pittman and Coach Barnes go by, too.
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And then there's Deloss Dodds, UT's men's athletic director. Don't you know he's riding high these days?
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It was a fun afternoon at the stadium, considerably less stressful than the last time we were there! It was great to get to take the kids, too.
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Hook 'em!
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