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Here in Connecticut, there's a pretty even division between sports fans who support New York teams and those who favor Boston. When it comes to basketball, however, EVERYONE roots for the University of Connecticut. One of the reasons there were so few people at the town budget hearing last night was that it was scheduled at the same time that the women were playing in the final game of the NCAA championship. Some things are just sacred! We won, completing an undefeated season. I didn't notice this until I was sharpening the picture, but the New Britain Herald (for some reason that must have to do with sheer oblivion) featured the men's team--which lost at their bid a few days ago--under the headline about the women's victory. Nonetheless, I like the the shout of the red headline and newsbox, so I highlighted it by rendering the rest in B&W.

Our town's girls' basketball team played for the State Championship today. They lost 55-53 in a heartbreaker: after leading for most of the game, they started to flag towards the end. The other team put in the winning basket with just 4 seconds to go. I didn't crop this photo much because I wanted to capture the whole experience of being a championship game, not just the action on the court. Radial Spin seems to add the feeling of highly charged emotion and excitement to the picture.