Looks and sounds like those responsible should have come up with a better name. It stands for Women’s Basketball Invitational Tournament. California (UC Berkeley specifically since it is considered the MAIN CAL school) landed a slot and the first game was this evening. In town was the team from University of Hawaii with a sizable cheering section. Turned out one of their players was from Lafayette, just over the small mountain from here.
(I looked it up, there is no actual scientific definition of a hill vs a mountain. Some like to say that a geological feature has to be at least 600 meters tall to qualify as a mountain. In reality, it is local usage.)
Cal managed to pull off a win, but it certainly wasn’t one of their more stellar performances. Too many fouls and too many free throws missed, OTOH – the Hawaii team had excellent speed, teamwork, and overall superb sportsmanship.
It is school break, there were nowhere near enough fans. The band barely managed to field 20 members, the two cheerleading squads combined the four members of one with the four members of the other (normally each has 7-8 at each game).
The follow on game is Sunday. I am going. Once again, George will probably miss it due to having already made another commitment that runs at close to the same time.
Oh? yes, stitching – I managed to get Leopard to 93% and part of a motif in Silhowitches.
