hoosier born.

The photos above are a collection from my Georgetown years and beyond. The top left photo shows me with the banner
my dad {in yellow} made for our house senior year. The picture of a TV captures Patrick Ewing, Jr.
on the night we beat UNC to advance to the Final Four in 2007.

I grew up in the land of basketball, otherwise known as the state of Indiana. The movie Hoosiers was released the year after I was born. Milan {pronounced My-lin}, Indiana {the town depicted in the film} is just an hour from my hometown.

In Indiana, you were either a Hoosier--or a Boilermaker. {Ok, you could be a Bulldog, Sycamore, or Cardinal too...but that's besides the point.} I grew up in a Hoosier household, as the daughter of two Indiana grads. {My mom was even a student when IU had its perfect season back in 1976!} Suffice it to say, we watched a good deal of college basketball in our home and I have fond memories of my dad sporting a sweet red IU sweater while watching games on TV.

Fast forward to the early 2000s: I'm thinking through my college options...and one of the strange things {outside of academics!} that I hoped to find in my future alma mater was a strong basketball program. When I was accepted at Georgetown, I felt like I'd struck basketball gold. I held season tickets for my four years as a student--and for two years after I finished school. {I would certainly still have them if we lived in DC!} I've loved of Georgetown basketball for almost eight years now...

yowza. I feel old.

When March madness rolls around, it inevitably invokes a sense of nostalgia for my senior year of college. Georgetown advanced to the Final Four--and though we didn't win that year, I'll never forget the Hoya hoopla. I can always say with pride that I graduated the year we went to the Final Four.
I'm so glad {cv} is a Hoya too so we can share in the hysteria :)

Do you get into March Madness? If so, who are you rooting for this year?

Whether you love or hate college basketball, there's something about this time of year which makes it exciting for everyone! Best of luck to all of your teams--and you better believe I'll be tuning in on Friday night when Georgetown plays the winner of USC/VCU. 
I hope the sun is shining where you are today! xoxo {av}