West Coast Conference leader Gonzaga visits San Francisco and Santa Clara this week. I think I should go to at least one of those games, because I’ve never actually seen Brynna Maxwell set a gym on fire.
I’m a little amused that she almost surely wouldn’t know me on sight (same with Kemery Martin at Cal — at Cal’s postgame conference last Friday, not a hint of recognition from Kemery, though there was a practice in Salt Lake last year where I was the only one she had to talk to for a spell).
That’s one thing I miss about Pacific — after three or four years there, I didn’t have to introduce myself to people, because they already knew who I was. Players’ parents, new hires to the coaching staff, gatekeepers — made it easy to get around inside the Spanos Center, and to keep a plate full at booster gatherings. (I mentioned Pacific forward Chris Thompson earlier today? Her boyfriend once recognized me at Moe’s Books on Telegraph Ave., and he was from Stockton. That was just weird.)