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Basketball Team Observation

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In this paper, I will talk about my observations during the women 's basketball competion that was held on January 9, 2016 starting at 2pm and ending at 4pm at the UC Davis Pavilion. In this event, the UC Davis women 's basketball team competed against Hawai 'i Rainbow Wahine basketball team. In order to start my observation before the competition started, I arrived one hour before the basketball game in order to observe the teams pre-competition routines and warm ups. Upon my arrival to the sport event, the first thing I noticed was music playing, while the two teams did their pre-competition routine on the basketball court. The audience that attended this event was mostly from UC Davis, which included UC Davis students, parents of the
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