Waiting for the screen to update

Dearie me, I'm sitting at a computer with a dead bottle of supermarket white rum. Has it come to this? Oh yes, it has.

How much longer?

I need the results in from Newcastle. Will the Eagles hold out and beat the Sharks? We need the Sharks to lose if we have ANY chance of winning the league title.

We didn't come all this way to lose on the last weekend of the season did we?

Another shot.

Ugh; that is really horrible stuff.

No update yet. No radio to check because no one is broadcasting the game--forget TV.

This is England, Britain to be more precise and there is no national or even local coverage for basketball these days.

And yet, look at me, sucked in and totally freaking out.

There can't be more than a few moments to go.

What a season. This is as good as it gets for me--I don't remember Seton Hall winning the Big East; though I've really lost a few brain cells along the way, so they might have.

Oh dear, I really starting to freak...

The Sharks and my team, the Guildford Heat, are both tied with 27-7 records in the league. We are winning tonight against lowly opposition--on the road...

The Sharks are at Newcastle, the current champs. If the Sharks win; we are as good as boned.

If they lose, well, we won't lose our last match on Easter against London United and then we are the champions.

A team not even 2 years old and we've won the BBL Cup this year and are THAT close to the league crown.

The rum is gone.

What's the SCORE?

I didn't even follow British basketball until the start of this season. And look at me now. I'm a director, shareholder and one of the guys that runs the club!

Arrrrgghhhh!

WHAT IS THE SCORE?

I keep hitting refresh on www.bbl.org.uk the only place that I can get the score. And once I get the score I have to text it to half a dozen people.

(I must admit the rum is starting to do its job here...)

There can't be more than seconds to go now...

We're winning our game; we were up 25 after 3 periods.

What will I do if we win? What will I do if we lose?

This is really exciting, forget soccer, what an idiot I've been for the past 12 years going to see soccer when there was pro-basketball here as well.

Hitting refresh...

I'm going to be ill.

This is awesome, even my wife doesn't mind that I am holed up here in the back and away from the family.

I need a cigarette. I don't smoke.

The score after 3 periods in their game was 74-69 Eagles...can they hold on? Have they?

What should I drink now? Gin or vodka?

I must admit, rum is pretty good. Never really drank the stuff before. Note to self...

This really can't go on much longer.

What a season we've had. If you're expecting stories of huge crowds and epic victories, well, I'm here to tell you stories of epic victories.

I season like this has to go reported and with a summer of incredible opportunity unfolding in front of us regardless of what happens tonight and Sunday, I am going to record all of it for posterity.

Okay.

I'm starting to go the other way. My euphoria is wearing off. The Eagle could lose. If they lose then I don't see Sheffield losing to Milton Keynes on Sunday.

We've won our game, 102-81, but that wasn't really in doubt. It's the other score that can't be more than moments away that matters.

What is taking them so long to post this score?

Could be OT...

No, please no...

EAGLES WIN!!!!!!!!!!!