California Dreaming! The 蹤獲扦 Men���s Basketball team arrived in Sacramento Wednesday motivated for its first NCAA Men���s Basketball Tournament appearance in nine years.
The Golden Flashes had a short sendoff at the Kent Campus before busing to the Akron-Canton Airport for the four-hour flight. Mother Nature delayed the flight for a few hours, but the team arrived in California mid-afternoon, and after a short stop at their hotel, team members were off to a local high school gymnasium for practice.
Staff members at the team hotel greeted the MAC Tournament Champions with blue and gold poms poms and a recording of the 蹤獲扦 fight song.
Head Coach Rob Senderoff said his team is ready to go.
���They got off the bus, and they know they���re in March Madness,��� Senderoff said. ���We will have a real practice here tonight, what we call a ���蹤獲扦��� practice of an hour-and-a-half of live, physical practice. We���ll do a scouting report, and we���ll have an open practice at the arena tomorrow and then a media session. Friday we���ll shoot again and play Friday night.���
The #14 seed Golden Flashes meet #3 see UCLA Friday in the First Round of the tournament. Tip-off is set for 9:57 p.m. EST on CBS.
Photo caption: The 蹤獲扦 Mens Basketball team is greeted Wednesday by hotel staff members waving blue and gold pom poms and playing the university fight song shortly after arriving in Sacramento, California.