A-Game Attire: Season In Review {A Repost}

Hello followers! Coach and I returned home from the Final Four late yesterday afternoon, and I am still trying to catch my bearings from being away for 1.5 weeks! The laundry machine has yet to stop, the fridge has been re-stocked, and Prince is glad to be home!

I wanted to re-post my last A-Game attire post since returning from the Final Four. While there, I had the opportunity to attend many wives events, befriend new wives, and meet two (in-person) that are featured below! In all, I would claim this year's Final Four as a major success!

Without further ado, let me re-introduce you to my starting 5 for the 2014-15 season:

Point Guard - Danyelle Musselman

Shooting Guard - Andrea Hansen

Small Forward - Lisa Compton

Power Forward - Ashley Pittman

Center - Amber Tysl

If you have not done so already, please head on over to each of these ladies' feature posts! Danyelle, Lisa, and Amber have blogs of their own which I do hope you follow! Andrea and Ashley have personal businesses/professions that they discussed on their features, and they be be able to help you in that regard.

Michelyn Cynthia

Question of the Day: Are you a college and/or high school coach's wife or significant other? Interested in sharing your game-day attire and style? If yes, contact me, for more information for the 2015-16 season!

A-Game Attire 2014-15 Season In Review

Though the college/high school men's  basketball season has not officially ended, I wanted to take a moment to thank the five coach's wives that participated in my A-Game Attire feature series for the 2014-15 season!

Most of these women are strangers in many respects, though I do feel a connection because of the shared life experiences that are the norm in our lives.  Of course I loved all of their game-day attires, learning about their respective schools, and how they met their significant others; but the recommendations that they all shared on living as a coach's wife were my most cherished aspect of each feature!

Without furtherado, let me re-introduce you to my starting 5 for the 2014-15 season:

Point Guard - Danyelle Musselman

Shooting Guard - Andrea Hansen

Small Forward - Lisa Compton

Power Forward - Ashley Pittman

Center - Amber Tysl

If you have not done so already, please head on over to each of these ladies' feature posts! Danyelle, Lisa, and Amber have blogs of their own which I do hope you follow! Andrea and Ashley have personal businesses/professions that they discussed on their features, and they be be able to help you in that regard.

As I get ready to head to Indianapolis, I am looking forward to meeting some of the women that were featured, seeing my previously acquainted coach's wives whose husbands work nationwide, and hopefully making new friends. 

Michelyn Cynthia

Question of the Day: Are you a college and/or high school coach's wife or significant other? Interested in sharing your game-day attire and style? If yes, contact me, for more information for the 2015-16 season!

News Flash: Conference Championships

I can't contain my giddy and excitement for the next 11 days!

It's NCAA Division I men's/women's conference championship play nationwide!

A few conferences actually started their conference play on Tuesday, March 3rd (i.e., Atlantic Sun, Big South, Horizon, etc.), but the bulk of the teams really start getting dirty this weekend and all the way until Sunday, March 15th!

This leads us to....Selection Sunday!

Selection Sunday is the Sunday before the Madness starts (March 15th), where the field of 68 is announced. Qualifying for the Big Dance is done in two ways; get an automatic bid or be selected as one of the 36 best remaining teams for an at-large bid.

There are 32 conferences that receive automatic bids and all but one are decided by a conference championship tournament. The lone exception is the Ivy League which doesn’t have a conference tournament championship, so the regular season champion gets the automatic bid.

Ok! So when is your alma mater or college team playing? I got you covered! Here is a table of the 32 conferences and the dates in which the conference play starts and ends. (A few conferences play sporadically on a few days, rather than a consistent schedule [e.g., Thursday-Saturday]. I have just denoted the entire time frame from start to finish!).

Conference	March Conference Play	Conference	March Conference Play
American East	4th – 14th	MAC	11th – 14th
American	12th – 15th	MEAC	9th – 14th
Atlantic 10	10th – 15th	Missouri Valley	5th – 8th
ACC	10th – 14th	Mountain West	11th – 14th
Atlantic Sun	3rd – 8th	Northeast	4th – 10th
Big 12	11th – 14th	Ohio Valley	4th – 7th
Big East	11th – 14th	PAC-12	11th – 14th
Big Sky	12th – 14th	Patriot League	3rd – 11th
Sig South	3rd – 8th	SEC	11th -15th
Big Ten	11th – 15th	Southern	7th – 10th
Big West	12th – 14th	Southland	11th – 15th
Colonial	6th – 9th	SWAC	10th – 14th
Conference USA	11th -14th	Summit League	7th – 10th
Horizon	3rd – 10th	Sun Belt	12th – 15th
Ivy League	(No Tournament)	West Coast	6th – 10th
MAAC	5th – 9th	WAC	11th – 14th

Question of the Day: Which conference(s) are you following? And, who do you hope to win?

Michelyn Cynthia

Rain, Rain, Go Away!: Ohio vs. St. Bona

When I decided to wear an all-gray outfit to yesterday's game, I was really hopeful that I would not be bringing the dreary, rainy weather into the game! Welp, that is exactly what I did! Fans, I will not be wearing gray any longer.

Final Score:: 72-80

Interested in the statistics for the entire game? Head on over to the Ohio Athletics website ti view the St. Bonaventure vs Ohio Box score.

Top: Nordtsrom; Similar

Cardigan: Old; Similar

Jeans: Joe's

Purse: Olivia + Joy via TJ Maxx (in white)

Boots: Piperlime

Socks: Piperlime

Earrings: Gifted; Similar

Bracelet: Nordstrom Rack; Similar

Michelyn

Edging Past & I Don't Like It!

Last night was not my fondest as a sports fan and enthusiast. Not only did my Alma mater #1, the University of Florida, lose to in-state rival Florida State, but somehow Belmont edged past my Ohio Bobcats as well! My only saving grace is that Alma mater #2, University of Wisconsin, beat Minnesota. Lawdy, it would have been a sad and gloomy Sunday if I would have been 0-3. However, I am a competitor, and 1-2 is not sitting well with this lady!

Although the footall season is nearly over, the basketball season is still at its infancy. So much can occur in the next couple of weeks and months, so I am defintely not losing faith!

Ok, I have maybe lost faith in my dem' Florida boys! Ugh, I was really looking forward to a repeat of last year' s Final Four when Alma mater #1 and #2 were in the Final Four! Praise the lord, that I have two Alma maters to root for!

This is my favorite A-Game Attire ensemble to date! I don't know this J.Crew sweater is oh so cozy, and I have had it for years!!!

Final Score:: 81-83

Interested in the statistics for the entire game? Head on over to the Ohio Athletics website to view the Belmont vs Ohio Box score.

Sweater: J.Crew (Old); Similar
Blouse: Old Navy (Old);
Pants: Old Navy Rockstar (Old); Similar; Similar
Shoes: Matiko via ShopBop (Old); Similar
Necklace: Target
Earings: Topshop
Purse: Louis Vuitton 

I try to provide direct links to all products. When unsure, or if can't be found online, I simply provide the original source. 

Michelyn

That Was A Close One - Bobcats vs Golden Lions

This post is coming a little later in the day then I typically prefer. Coach Kemp assists me with embedding my A-Game Attire emblem on each of my photos. Today, he had practice and then I asked him to complete a last-minute grocery store visit, and well we know how those lines are this time of the year!

Well, last night's game was a little more agonizing than anyone in the Convo expected! You know, sometimes teams under-estimate their opponents and it ends up biting them in their rear! In my humble, non-basketball knowing opinion, this was the problem with our game verse University Arkansas-Pine Bluff. 

Sure, we won so I am not completely complaining. Contrarily, I am simply making an observation; one that Coach Kemp will certainly give me a stern side-eye later for making, but you know I am pretty opinionated! He even shared this fact in his recent College Chalktalk article about "Family!"

Oh, and these are shorts, not a skirt! Too cute, right?!?! I too wore these shorts at one of the first football games of the season.  

 Final Score: 69-60

Interested in the statistics for the entire game? Head on over to the Ohio Athletics website to view the UAPB vs Ohio Box score.

 

Sweater: Limited (Old), Similar

Shorts: BB Dakota Axwell Short via ShopBop (Purchased in Summer). Now at Nordstrom Rack

Tights:No Nonsense

Necklace: Wal-Mart

Shoes: DSW (Old), Similar

Purse: Coach Madison Leather Convertible Hobo (Old)

I try to provide direct links to all products. When unsure, or if can't be found online, I simply provide the original source. 

Michelyn

Now They Count:: Ohio vs Appalachian State

Well folks, it appears the MBB has officially, officially started. No more secret scrimmages, exhibition games, or two-a-days left for the Ohio Bobcat Basketball team. 

And guess who is excited?

This lady!!! (Insert happy dance)

The temperature is beginning to drop, which does not excite this lady one bit. But, we've got basketball games to win so carry on which also means I am on the search for an alternative photo shoot location besides my front door! I know, serious problems we face over here at BBB. 

Final Score: 73-47

Interested in the statistics for the entire game? Head on over to the Ohio Athletics website to view the Appalachian vs Ohio Box score.

Shirt: College Bookstore
Bottom:Old Navy Pixie Ankle Pants
Heels: Zara England (Gifted)
Purse: Dior
Accessories: Gifted

Michelyn