Turkish Cup

Last weekend was the Turkish Cup. Karsiyaka qualified earlier in the season and was one out of eight teams to be there. It was a single elimination tournament. Luckily this trip the team allowed us girls to come along! They flew us to Adana and we were able to go to the game. It was really fun to be able to actually travel to an away game! We can always travel to the games if we choose but it has to be on our own so we never go. The game was really intense and really close but we ended up with a loss. It was really sad but at least it was fun to be able to see the game and travel!

Also Ryan was picked to be in the magazine that was made for the tournament. They chose 8 guys out of the whole Turkish League to interview and get their own page in the magazine. Obviously the article is in Turkish so we can't read it but at least he was chosen! They asked him about 25 questions so we don't even know what parts are in there. One of the funny questions they asked him was- Did you think getting married so young would make your Basketball career worse? Random. But Ryan gave a good response. He said that getting married has made him a better player because now he is even more motivated to work hard. Now he doesn't play only for him but for his wife and future family. He has to focus on providing a living and it makes him want to improve more and more. Before he was married it was all for him and he didn't have to take it as seriously. Good answer Ryan. He scored brownie points with me! But at the same time, what is he supposed to say? Yes, being married is the worst!! I am so bad at Basketball now because of my wife. Listen up fellow players...never get married! haha

On the top right side by his name it says "Chosen as the tournaments favorite player." Pretty cool if you ask me! Way to go Ryan!