The Chiles Center is filling up -- there's a sizable number of Zag fans, as usual. It's already been an eventful day. I had the obligatory wireless problems at the arena. Those are fixed, as of this second, but we'll keep this post short. Saw a Mercedes that was either on fire or had a smoke machine attached to the back end this afternoon. Saw a fender bender about 200 yards from the Chiles about 90 minutes ago..

But we've arrived safely, thanks to a trusty Chevy Cobalt. Watched the Pilots warmup and they don't miss many shots, open or when they were messing around 1-on-1. We'll see how the Zags do defending the perimeter.

Back at half, wireless willing.