Disclaimer: In no way shape or form is this directed towards the Siena Men's basketball team. And to be honest, I think they are one of the most respectful men's teams on campus. This is directed towards the comments by the announcer and whoever else directed him during Siena Madness.

I attended Siena Madness to get my 21 club t shirt and to support my friends. And for those who don't go to Siena Madness, it's basically a basketball pep rally. So tonight, they had two shooting competitions to win tickets. It was a girl and boy combo (one was a player, the other was in the audience). The first went fine and a girl won two tickets to Tiesto which is SICK.

However, in the second competition, the male audience members shot with two women on the basketball team. When it came time for the female audience members to shoot the announcer says "It is more interesting to watch the players shoot" and the girls can just grab the rebound balls. They only let her play in the final when it was a female player and a male vs her and a male player.

So why did the male audience members get to play and not the girls? If it is more interesting to watch the players shoot then that doesn't make much sense does it?

The point is to get the students involved, not to exclude students awkwardly in front of a crowd.

Note that every time the women's and men's teams went to shoot to entertain the audience, the announcer only addressed the men's team.

These girls work so damn hard for this school and they're actually good. Give them the respect they deserve. As for DORS values, the R (respect) was clearly undervalued.

I'm very disappointed with the announcer and those who ran the Siena Madness this year. I hope these comments do not continue into the regular season.