End of season

We ended our season on a bad note yesterday, losing something like 60-35 to Glenbard South in our first state-playoff game. I knew it would suck to lose, but I thought that I would be happy that the season was over. We've been practicing every day, including weekends, since October. I was pretty tired of it. But almost immediately after I left the gym. I already missed the team. It was an odd feeling. A mixture of happiness that basketball was over, confusion over what to do with all my new free time, and sadness that I'd have to wait a year before playing with some of these guys again. It was really unexpected, and really confused me.
Coach Tony didn't even speak to us after the game. I don't know if thats a good thing or a bad thing. Its not like we played that poorly, they were just a good, fundamentally sound team. We've never played a team like that, a team that beat us purely on their fundamentals. For the first time ever, we were the flashier team. And we lost because of it. We missed open shots and open layups, because we were out of our depth.
On another note, I was supposed to shoot in the 3-Point Contest for State before the game. I was really excited to shoot in the contest, and curious to see how I held up against everyone else. I've always considered myself a good long-range shooter, but I was excited to see if I could prove it in front of a crowd, while I'm alone on the court.
But we got there late, and they had to reschedule the contest for Friday, the day I won't be able to make the contest. I'm going to have to wait a whole year before I get this opportunity again, assuming Coach Tony picks me next year too.
The season as a whole went a lot better than I expected though. We ended the season under .500, but I still think it was a pretty successful season, at least compared to last year. It felt weird to actually win a basketball game. And personally, I moved from 12th man in the beginning of the season to 11th man by the end of it. The way things are going, I'll be the 10th man next year! I guess I'll have to change the name of the blog.