Fantasy Weekend for the Seattle Sports Fan, December 11-13

Someday, you will do it. You won’t have a co-worker’s birthday party, a seasonal gutter cleaning, or brunch with an ex. Someday, you will watch sports all weekend. If, perchance, this is the weekend, here’s how it should go:

FRIDAY
5 p.m.: Find a nearby bar with a good happy hour and some decent TVs to watch the Trail Blazers visit Cleveland on ESPN. Can Roy outshine Lebron?

7 p.m.: Start drinking water, you’ve got to get in your car soon.

7:45 p.m.: The Blazers game ends just in time for you to make your way to a local high school hoops game. Maybe you go see your alma mater, maybe you just go somewhere nearby. Most games start at 8 p.m. on Friday, here’s the full schedule of games.

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SATURDAY
9 a.m.: Oh boy is this an exciting day of college hoops. Chomp some cereal while watching Kentucky point guard John Wall, sure to be the first-overall pick in the 2010 NBA draft. Haven’t seen Wall yet? Here’s a taste. The Wildcats play Indiana, the game’s on CBS.

 

11 a.m.: Your Washington Huskies face their toughest test of the year, facing undefeated Georgetown in the John Wooden Classic in Anaheim. Georgetown big men Greg Monroe (6’11″) and Julian Vaughn (6’9″) comprise the best front line the Huskies have seen this year. On the other hand, Isaiah Thomas and Quincy Pondexter are the most talented scorers Georgetown have yet seen. Game’s on FSN.

Garcia

1 p.m.: Roll down towards KeyArena, where Gonzaga will play Davidson at 4. (Buy tickets here.) While you drive, flip on ESPN 710 to hear Dave Grosby’s call of the Seattle U/Eastern Washington game, live from Cheney. Can Seattle U’s Charles Garcia take over the national scoring lead? He’s second at 26 ppg right now, one point first-place Aubrey Coleman of Houston.

1:30 p.m.: You’ve got a few hours before the Gonzaga game, so head over to Winterfest at Seattle Center to see an exhibition by the Hot Dog USA Jump Rope Team. Afterwards you can take a spin on the ice rink for just $5 (plus a $2 skate rental).

4 p.m.: Two seasons ago, Davidson bounced Gonzaga out of the NCAA Tournament behind 40 points from Stephen Curry. Curry’s in the NBA now, so the Zags have a good chance of exacting revenge against 2-6 Davidson (one of their wins came against “Fredonia State,” which I think is from a Marx Brothers film).

5:30 p.m.: Check your web-enabled phone to see who won the Heisman.

6:30 p.m.: The Zags game is over. I give you two choices:

a) Drive down to Kentridge High to see one of the best high school hoops games of the year. Kentridge and guard Gary Bell, Jr., host defending state champs Federal Way at 7:30 p.m., or,

b) Back to WinterFest to check out the trains and get some dinner. (And maybe an Orange Julius). Kill time until the 9:30 p.m. showing of SonicsGate, the documentary about the Sonics’ departure from Seattle. Everyone who comes to the one-week run of the show will get a free DVD of the movie. You want to get there early because Sonics legend Slick Watts will be at tonight’s showing.

10:30 p.m.: That was a nice day. Drive home and rest for FOOTBALL SUNDAY.

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SUNDAY
10 a.m.: Seahawks play at Houston. You may want to get yourself to a sports bar, because there are far better games than this one. Denver @ Indianapolis, Green Bay @ Chicago, and New Orleans @ Atlanta are all also early games.

1:15 p.m.: San Diego plays at Dallas, two teams fighting to hold onto division leads.

5:15 p.m.: If Dallas loses, this Philly/New York game at Giants Stadium would be for a share of first place in the NFC East.

Well that was fun, wasn’t it?