That abbreviation stands for the Basketball Hall of Fame Belfast Classic and I recommend talking about it in papers to get your word count up. All jokes aside though, I got the chance to work on this event and I loved it. I got there a day early, so I was a part of an elite group of people that gets to joke with Stephen Fox about height and whether or not you go home earlier than planned. While working with my fellow scholars it was important to remember to help them when they go do a job. They might be secretly sneaking out to get a snack, and how mad I would have been to see Kevin walking down the hall with some chicken curry as I snacked on my 12th snickers. Seriously though, it was a fantastic experience. A lot of work, I won’t play you, but I met cool people (I’m hoping to have the money to come back and work it again) and the atmosphere was crazy for a preseason college basketball tournament. The amount of kids that screamed and cheered is ridiculous. Every play someone will yell for some reason or other and plug your ears if there’s a dunk. The only thing the kids there loved more than cheering is high fiving people going to and from the backstage area. I’m not kidding. I high fived more kids than all the teams combined. I felt like I was in The Beetles. And they want their high fives no matter who you’re talking to or what you’re carrying. It’s great. I’d say the best part of the tournament however is just seeing college basketball again. I really understood the level these D1 guys are at and the attention to detail each team has. It’s fun to watch them and have them view you as someone just working the tournament, but really you’re thinking “I used to be just like you guys. You’re so young. I’m old. I could give these youngins buckets…” hahaha. So yeah, great experience all around.
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Joke time baby – Why doesn’t anyone have a nose that’s 12 inches long? Because then it would be a foot.
