By Devareaux Manley
Junior, Guard
This trip has really been amazing. I’m enjoying just being here in the
Bahamas because it’s something I’ve never been able to experience before. It is
so beautiful here—the weather, the beaches, pretty much everything.
The people down here are nice and excited to see us. Everybody asks us
questions, like where we are from and how we our team has been doing down here.
Some people thing we’re in the pros and we have to tell them we’re in
college.
Our team is staying at The Atlantis, which has been a cool. The resort
is huge and there are so many things to do right here that allow you to enjoy
the weather. I’ve been spending time going on the water slides, chilling at the
beach and going out on the jet skis. Overall, we’re just all having a good time
and hanging out with each other.
Yesterday was an off day and we went went on a snorkeling
tour. We got on a boat and they took us on a little cruise in the ocean before
stopping near one of the islands and letting us get in the water. I’ve never
been snorkeling before, so it was definitely a cool experience. I know it was a
once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for me, so I had to get out there in the water
and see all of the fish and everything.
It was a lot harder than I thought it was going to be. The ocean and
the current just kind of take you out there and you have to fight to go where
you want. Even though they gave us life vests to wear, we still had to work and
swim on our own just to stay above the water. There’s salt water splashing all
around and you have to try and make sure it doesn’t get in your mouth and eyes.
It was definitely a workout. But overall, it was a good experience and I’m glad
that I was able to do it.
And on the basketball side, it’s just been fun to get out there and
finally play against people other than each other in practice. It’s been
incredible for me to see how well we already play together. This team is just
so unselfish and everybody shares the ball so well. Sometimes we are too
unselfish. We’ll have open shots and we’ll still make that extra pass if
somebody is open. That’s probably what I like about this team though.
We won our first two games and play our next one later tonight. We’re
trying to go unbeaten down here and build off that as we try to win the MAC
title.
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