So Mike, like more than 1,000 University students, plays intramural basketball. And the competition he faces is pretty darn tough. Many of the squads he's faced over the past couple of months are as good as the teams he tangled with in high school and a few, he begrudgingly admits, are better. And Monday night, Mike's team squared off against No Name, a squad whose apparent anonymity was belied by one giant figure who loomed over the entire other side of the floor. Meet Antonio Dingle.
Dingle strides out to midcourt and smiles.
But Mike smiles, too, because this is why he loves intramurals. Earlier in the year, Mike guarded Virginia football stars Terence Wilkins, Thomas Jones and Dan Ellis. Sure, he hasn't always shut them down, but he has sure had a fun time trying. All the times in high school you dreamed about playing guys at this level. It's your one chance to see how you stack up against these guys you see on TV and read about in the newspaper.