The Czar's 2009-2010 Season Totals

One of the questions I get asked often when I'm out and about doing this is how many games and teams I've seen, how many places I've been, etc etc so I decided to track it. A game counts as seen if I see at least half of the game time go off the clock. These counts represent varsity games only unless otherwise noted. During the season, I try to update this daily, but at a minimum I have it updated on Sundays.

New this season, I'll also be counting everything I see between August 1st, 2009 and July 31, 2010 (inclusive). That includes fall leagues, AAU tournaments, the all-star game and HS tournaments during the summer.

So without further delay, The Czar's 2009-2010 totals

Regular Season (through 12/22/09)

40 varsity games seen in person split as follows (personal record is 152 in 2008-2009)

• 27 Minnesota
• 23 Boys
  
• 4 Girls
• 3 Iowa
• 2 Boys
  
• 1 Girls
• 10 Wisconsin
• 10 Boys
• 0 Girls

73 teams split as follows

• 48 Minnesota
• 40 Boys
• 3 Classic Lake teams
• 2 Classic Suburban teams
• 2 Lake teams
• 1 MCAA team
• 4 Minneapolis City teams
• 3 Missota teams
• 3 North Suburban teams
• 2 Northwest Suburban teams
• 2 St. Paul City teams
  
• 3 Suburban East teams
• 6 Tri-Metro teams
• 30% of the 11 local conferences that I pay attention to
  
• 2 metro "independents" (ex: CHOF, MTS, PACT, Spectrum, Ascension, Minnetonka Christian)
• 7 Other MN teams, non-metro
  
• 8 Girls
• 20 Wisconsin
• 20 Boys
• 0 Girls
• 5 Other States
• 3 Boys
  
• 2 Girls

19 buildings, 6 that I had never been to before
2 Genders

• 13 JV games (doesn't count Freshman games)
  
• 3 Bands
• 16 National Anthems
• 8 Hot Dogs
• 9 slices of pizza
• 1 Taco In a Bag
• 1 HUGE box of popcorn
• 1 Snickers bar
  
• 52 oz Coke
• 52 oz Sprite
  
• 40 oz Mug Root Beer
  
• 44 oz Sierra Mist 
• 20 oz Diet Sierra Mist Cranberry Splash
  
• 12 oz 7-Up
  
• 224 oz Pepsi
  
• 12 oz A&W Root Beer
  
• 3 buzzer beaters (1 JV, 2 varsity)
• 3, the maximum number of times I saw any 1 team in person
  
• 9, most games in 1 building
  
• 2, Rene Pulley sightings

Total Expenses $67.25

Fall Leagues
57 sessions of games (attending games 8 of the 10 weeks) in 5 buildings
1 camp

1 hot dog
72 oz Pepsi
20 oz Sierra Mist
20 oz Lemon-Lime & Strawberry Gatorade X-Factor
60 oz Barg's Root Beer
Total Expenses: $15.50

Not included, the $3.20 Medium (for the price of a small) Oreo Blizzard at DQ (twice). mmmm, MMMM! That DQ by Minnehaha better move before I get really fat. Oh wait, I'm already there.

The Strange

• 1 reference to free admission if you showed up in an Amish buggy.
• 1 free throw that without being touched wedged between the rim and backboard.
• 1 kid knocked out during a scrum for a loose ball
• 1 team with high-pinstriped socks
• 1 game called off due to a scoreboard that refused to work.