Who would want to go to that basketball game? (sorry, just having a flashback to college and those season tickets my mom should not have bought me. *lol*)

The fact that you're excited about the verse is great because that always shows in the storytelling.

I left Angel waiting for Buffy so they could investigate some nasty witchy-looking shenanigans at school, and he must be getting impatient.

But he'll wait for her nonetheless, won't he? ;)