Players who have been around the Tucson Basketball League for a while are no doubt familiar with my near-obsession with try to have close games. The teams that win close games get and extra burst of "Oh yeah!," while teams that lose feel "Aw Man, we were right there!" Generally, as the season goes along, I get better at matching up teams. But this past Sunday, only the second week of the season, we were money. On Court 1, four of the first five games of the day ended with single-digit margins and in the later games we had scores of of 60-54 and 72-69. We had two overtime games on Court 2 and the first three games of the day on Court 3 were decided by 3, 4, and 4 points, respectively. 

On Court 2, the opening game was a thriller. 520 Personal Training held a six-point lead with less than a minute to go. But Brandi hit two threes in the final 20 seconds to tie the game and send it into overtime. Neither team scored in the first overtime, then Brandi hit a couple shots in the second OT to pull it out.

We had yet another team just flat not show up for their game, so they're out of the League. That should be the last of it. I just don't understand why it's so hard to just text somebody and say that you don't want to play or that your guys crapped out on you or whatever. I promise you that you're not going to hurt my feelings.

As mentioned in the Orange, there will be no games this week. The city-wide volleyball tournament has eaten up all court space in town.