Playoff excitement

Tomorrow, the women's basketball team will play its final game of the season at Yuba College, who is currently the third-ranked team in the Bay Valley Conference. After winning last night at Napa Valley College, the Comets have clinched at the very least, a tie for the BVC title, as Solano Community College remains one game behind Contra Costa College in second place. Yuba has a chance to play spoiler tomorrow night and force a tie if Solano can win tomorrow night against Los Medanos College, but it will all be determined tomorrow.

With a victory tomorrow, however, CCC can essentially clinch its conference and earn a spot in the playoffs, which is something I am anxious to see. Rarely do we go to a road game as far away as Yuba, but the fact that its the final game of the season, along with the magnitude the game entails, makes it a game we MUST travel to and cover. Not since the women's basketball squad of 2007 has a Comet athletic team reached the playoffs.

And no matter what anyone thinks, I actually ENJOY covering a successful team and watching my school succeed, because at CCC, let's face it, we don't exactly have the best reputation with people that don't attend classes here. Anytime we are successful at ANYTHING, we must celebrate it and we must take pride in it. My only regret is the game isn't being played at home, because a game of this magnitude for CCC should be in front of the home fans. Meaningful games are hard to come by at CCC, and I've witnessed about zero in my two years here.

Hopefully, if CCC can win against Yuba, there will be at least one more home game this season, but this time, in the playoffs. Bottom line, I am looking forward to a good basketball game tomorrow night between two of the top teams in the BVC. It'll be interesting to see how CCC comes out as they control their own destiny tomorrow night.