What a way to kick off the month of February. Tip off between the College of Business and the Henry C. Lee College was at noon on Friday, Feb. 1. Armando Rodriguez and Tracy Tamborra organized this event which took place in the Beckerman Recreation Center. They were also the captains of each team.

According to Rodriguez, the idea for the game started when Tamborra was trash talking him and the College of Business. Rodriguez responded by challenging her to a duel of her choosing. Tamborra choose to have her and the rest of the Lee College play in a basketball game against the College of Business. The game consisted of two 20-minute halves.

The Henry C. Lee College faculty roster consisted of James Cassidy, Maria Tcherni, Vesna Markovic, Mike Clark, Mike Jenkins, Bill Tafoya, Alicia Hannan, Judith Dicine and Jibbey Asthappan. This team was led by the fearless and aggressive Tracy Tamborra. For the College of Business, Armando Rodriguez was not able to play due to an injury, so he coached on the sidelines. His roster consisted of College of Business faculty, including David Dauwalder, Demissew Ejara, Kamal Upadhyaya, Cindy Jevarjian and Mike Wnek. Unfortunately, they could not get enough faculty members to field a whole team, so they used some students including Josh, Austin, and Tyler.

The Lee College was not happy about the College of Business using students to play for them. Many saw this as an unethical practice. Tamborra released a quote saying, “It is interesting that the college that stands for justice played by the rules, but the business college resorted to Wall Street-like deregulations.”

Bill Tafoya also said that it was sad that the COB could not field a team of faculty and had to use ringers. Other than that, the game was very fun for all participants and spectators. Linda Carlone from the Business Department was having a blast on the sideline, getting fans excited and even started a “Let’s Go, C-O-B chant!”

It was a very evenly matched game and the outcome shows that. The Henry C. Lee College outscored the College of Business for a final score of 26-24. Both teams had a blast playing and there were talks of a rematch after the game. Talking to Rodriguez and Tamborra a couple days later, the feud is far from over and both are ready for a rematch. Rodriguez also suggested possibly getting the other two colleges involved and having a tournament.