We send part of the team with coach Parks back to MSU for showers. One of the moms stays in the pool area. Parents make a Wal-Mart run. Wal-Mart is open. Bus returns from Starkville.
Players are clean and ready to sleep.
Coach Parks stays downstairs with players calling on the only available phone while I go upstairs to make sure that only our people are on the floor. No lights, no phones, no security. Last player in the room. Room got very cold, fast. We leave for Starkville to find a a breakfast buffet.