http://samepagesports.com/nolte Mon, 18 Aug 2008 05:06:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Last week a close friend of mine/diehard packer fan Jason Galloway and I flew up to Milwaukee, Wisconsin for a 5 day trip. I still have family in Wisconsin so we were able to stay with them. I have 3 cousins that are a little bit younger than me. I ... http://samepagesports.com/nolte/wisconsin-trip/ A week after I had my sinus surgery, my mom and I took a trip down to the beach.  I was told that I was going to have a fraction of my normal energy.  I had heard that some people have the surgery and take multiple naps a day for ... http://samepagesports.com/nolte/back-from-the-beach/ My summer school class ended last Wednesday and I can say that summer school really is awesome.  Like I said earlier, we lift weights, go to class, and play pickup.  Something like 95% of the student body at Furman live on campus and to accommodate this need the school built ... http://samepagesports.com/nolte/summer-is-finally-here/ This past weekend, some teammates and I went up to Troutville, Virginia. Yes you are reading that right - Troutville.  My teammate Noah States (http://youtube.com/watch?v=bhzl-dWyNBI) lives there and we love to give him a hard time about living in Troutville.  It was cool to see another part of the country ... http://samepagesports.com/nolte/finishing-up-summer-school/      With the NBA draft coming up, I thought I'd take the opportunity to do a little namedropping.  One of the things that I have found while playing division one basketball is that no matter where a guy is from, his high school or A.A.U. team would have beaten everybody ... http://samepagesports.com/nolte/a-little-namedropping/ This weekend, my teammates and I went and watched The Happening. I'd give it 4 out of 5 stars. The plot was a little unrealistic, but with it being a scary movie, I looked past that and thought it was a good movie. On Fathers ... http://samepagesports.com/nolte/new-favorite-golfer-rocco-mediate/ Every division one college basketball team goes to summer school and since Furman falls into that category, I am back on campus.  I got back on Sunday and got situated in my apartment.  Furman pretty much requires students to live on campus for all four years.  To make this possible, ... http://samepagesports.com/nolte/back-at-it-summer-school/ I officially finished my first year of college on the 27th. I'll be home for 10 days and then I'll be back up for summer school. This is the first time I've been able to sleep in my own bed for more than 3 nights since August. ... http://samepagesports.com/nolte/home-at-last/ Our third game of the year was against the Billikens of St. Louis University, a team coached by the infamous Rick Majerus. We arrived in St. Louis by plane early in the evening on the night before the game. We got situated at the ... http://samepagesports.com/nolte/memories-from-my-freshman-year-3-playing-majerus-and-st-louis/ Our team last year consisted of 8 active scholarship players: 5 freshmen, 2 juniors, 2 sophomores, 1 senior ( my roommate, Bryson Barnes, was another freshman on our roster but he redshirted). We were one of the only teams in the country to have 5 freshmen averaging 20+ minutes ... http://samepagesports.com/nolte/memories-from-my-freshman-year-2-clemson-game/