Shot Heard Around The World ...

[BillyMac]

The Iowa Hawkeyes basketball team celebrated senior night with a big win over Northwestern on Monday. But it was a non-uniformed member of the team who made the biggest splash.

Student manager Jack Devlin got to take a half-court shot during the game's final media timeout. The senior missed the first attempt, but drilled the second shot and was immediately mobbed by his teammates.

Devlin is part of the university's REACH (Realizing Educational and Career Hopes) program for students ages 18 to 25 years old with intellectual, cognitive and learning disabilities. He has been a manager with the Hawkeyes since 2018 and a campus favorite throughout his time in Iowa City.

One word: Joy.

Be sure to turn on the volume.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1498519444821270528

I'm working the Connecticut Regional Special Olympics Unified Sports Basketball Tournament next week. Been doing it for twenty years (and twenty-five years before that as a Connecticut Special Olympics Summer Games volunteer). Looking forward to it after two years without due to COVID.