20 Another World

The second-round game was only two days away, but the players were grateful not to have to wait long. They had already been holed up in their ninth-floor hotel rooms for three days, and were starting to get stir-crazy. Keady had let them out on their own just once, on Thursday night, to get something to eat. Other than that, they were eating, practicing, playing or watching video together as a team all but a couple of hours a day.