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Sam Borden, I need you to set the scene for us here.

Tell us about this basketball game that you found yourself at back in January.

So it's a cold, dank, foggy night, early January. It's Southern Illinois, Edwardsville at

Eastern Illinois. From first mid-court inside Lance Arena in Charleston, it's back to basketball

for the Eastern Illinois Panthers, along with our special guest analyst, Bryce Weiler.

This is downstate Illinois. This is closer to Missouri, maybe even Kentucky, than Chicago.

And inside the gym, it's like a typical small-time division one game.

This is the 25th time the two schools that met on the basketball court.

There's like 1,500 fans maybe scattered throughout this arena.

You had it poked away. It's loose on the court and rolls out of bound.

At least that ball was not picked up by S-I-U-E, as I could have turned into a fast break the other way for a quick two-zero start.

And they're really good at that.

I'm sitting in the stands.

I'm watching this game, and I've got my headphones in listening to the radio broadcast while I'm watching.

Lived it in, count the bucket, he's fouled by Cam Williams.

Hustle play, diving on the floor, really going after the ball, getting the ball ahead,

easy layup, the end one.

And that radio broadcast is exactly what you'd expect, too,

an upbeat, peppy, play-by-play guy,

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