Johnny Dawkins ( Class of 1986) took his Central Florida University team into the Marriott Center late last night πŸŒ™ and punched their ticket 🎟 to the Big Dance πŸ’ƒ!!!

Playing in front of 18,000+ and a long way from Sunny Orlando, CFU captured the much needed Quad 1 victory over a talented BYU team !

Dawkins is in his 10th season at CFU and the only time they made the NCAA field was back in 2019, when the team earned the schools only tournament victory before falling in the Round of 32.

CFU has only made the Big Dance πŸ’ƒ five times in its history but that number figures to go up to six here shortly !

The Big Game is on ABC here in just a bit and we have two members of the Travis Osborne πŸ‘ͺ about to both absorb and later report on the action πŸŽ¬!

How did they get to the enchanted place called Cameron Indoor Stadium ?

They followed the Yellow Brick Road from the Science Drive πŸš— Garage !!

Plenty more to follow !!!

Digging the Shirt πŸ‘•, Mr Osborne !!

#Kindness

This smiling face captured our Jump Ball !!!!!

Little One has Skillz!

On a final note, a very nice Security Guard gave Mackinlee some Official Duke rain wear as we were exiting the stadium 🏟 πŸ˜€

Some thoughts from Travis during the game :

End of 1st quarter Duke-19 UNC-18.

3:34 to go in the first half. UNC up by 3, 31-28

Duke with a Big Rally to capture the lead 41-33 at the half.πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ€πŸ€

Media TO 4:32 in the 3rd quarter. Duke holds the lead @ 47-41.

This place is ELECTRIC!!!

A rally by the Heels late in the 3rd quarter puts us going into the final quarter with Duke-58, UNC-54. IT’S Gonna be a Wild Finish!!!

An offensive foul followed by a Technical on UNC has turned this place “CRAZY”!!

4:41 to go in regulation Duke-67, UNC-61.

A TREMENDOUS ballgame from start to finish!!!! Congratulations to the Lady Blue Devils on their 72-68 Victory over UNC.β€οΈπŸ€

    Now it’s time to head for the Mountains!!!

Travis, did you rub elbows with any Celebs ?

That the other Coach that uses the Volleyball 🏐 stadium, right ??

Breaking News : Women’s Basketball πŸ€, its here and its kinda AWESOME!

We are over the Moon πŸŒ™ excited about Sunday afternoon as we will have Live coverage from inside Cameron Indoor Stadium for the Ladies version of our Blue is better than your Blue !!!

Mr Travis Osborne, after a great deal of next level negotiations, has accepted the Mission of providing coverage of The Game on Sunday afternoon!!

” My Daughter Mackinlee and myself are looking forward to it!!!”

We never stop our promotion of Women’s sports and we are excited about this opportunity !

Should be an exciting afternoon !!!

Let’s end our day long Basketball πŸ€ feast with some Live action 🎬 on the Campus of Southern Utah University & Utah Tech !!

Opening Jump Ball

Abilene Christian University ✝️ Wildcats are the opponent tonight for the Thunderbirds…..

Denver just defeated Josh Allen and Buffalo πŸƒ, 33 – 30 in Overtime.

The Western Athletic Conference Mens standings heading into tonight.

Outside the Gymnasium, SUU has a Rotunda dedicated to the 12 greatest minds in History !

I could have been a contender, No, Not really…..

ACU calls πŸ“ž a TO at 9:47, Thunderbirds lead 22 – 16 !

Seahawks up 17 -0 late in the 1st quarter over the Niners….

ACU with another TO at 3:35, T-Birds 🐦 up 37 – 25 !!

At the Break – SUU leads 44 – 27

Switched over to Burns Arena for the second half of the Trailblazers game versus Tarleton State !

Utah Tech up 46 – 40 with 13:20 to play ▢️

Back atop the Mountain β›° in Cedar City, the Thunderbirds have reached the final Media TO.

All but 3 miles on I-15, with a speed limit of 80….
Went Final at 8:22 / 10:22

The Texans just missed two free throws = free Ice Cream 🍦🍨 from Culver’s !!!

Dance πŸ’ƒπŸ©° Team

Utah Tech 61 -51, now 61 – 57 (4:30)

Trailblazers TO at 4 :15, leading 64 – 57

Looking for the I-15 Sweep !!

Final Media TO (3:44), leading 64 -57

Up in Seattle, Hawks up 34 -6 !!!

We are in for a fantastic finish…

UT 66 -61 (1:57)

Walker with another Seattle TD, 41-6

Texans call πŸ“ž a TO at 1:10, UT 68 – 63…

0:37.6 – Texans with a steal and bucket, lead down to 69 – 66…πŸ’…bighter

TO UT at 0:29.6, up 71 – 68

Dior Johnson went for 40 two nights ago against SUU and just drilled a corner 3 ball with 0:19.4 to trim the lead to 73 – 71.

Utah Tech University 75 – 71 is your Final score πŸ‘

That’s a Wrap !