I must be insane

[Rich]

Originally Posted by fullor30

What time was scheduled tipoff? If you left at 4:15, picked up partner and then drove 115 miles It sounds like you were cutting it close? Working the Chicago area for usually scheduled week day 7:00 o'clock starts with uncertain weather conditions, I need to leave around 4ish myself, and that's for 35-40 miles distances on occasion.

Being in rural areas you probably have a better sense of travel time. Chicago, you just never know what to expect. Had a date a few weeks ago 8 miles from home, took me almost 45 minutes.

In a perfect world, I would've left at 3:30 or so, but I do have a day job.

The 115 miles included the drive to pick up the partner. I ran into some ungodly (in Madison terms) traffic and had to detour after calling my partner and telling him to move to another place to wait for me. Then the unexpected 25 miles of snow-covered county roads added another 15-20 minutes to the trip, since I averaged 30-35 MPH instead of 60+.

In the end, we got there with 3:35 left in the 4th quarter, were dressed before regulation ended, and had to sit through an overtime period. Then there was the confrontation between the home (losing) JV coach and one of the officials on the way off the floor. That was a lot of fun. Actually, since that coach was a varsity assistant, it was a little fun watching him fume all through the warmups while sitting on the bench.