And you though I was old!!
 

I just read this article on MSNBC.com:

A 73-year-old college hoops player? Believe it - Beyond the Arc - msnbc.com

MTD, Sr.

Wow, pretty cool! Shooting is gonna be the easy part.....me thinks stamina, speed, and quickness are gonna be a "minor" factor somewhere down the road. ;) Ya think? DEFENSE! DEFENSE! Gotta give him his props though! Go get em!

Hey, how many times are the players at that (or any) level older than the refs?

Jr. H.S. Basketball
 

I also want to say that I did not officiate any of this guy's jr. H.S. basketball games. But JR may have. :D

MTD, Sr.

I reffed him in rec league when he was in grade school. He had a mean set shot.

How About His Freshman Games ???
 

How did you know that I was going to ask about that?

Update to the story......
 

73-year-old scores two points in college game

HARRIMAN, Tenn. (AP) - Ken Mink, a 73-year-old full-time student, scored two points Monday night in Roane State Community College's 93-42 victory over King College's junior varsity.

Mink entered the game with about 16 minutes left in the second half and attempted one shot in about three minutes. Seven minutes later, he went back in the game, was fouled and made two free throws.

"I found myself on the free-throw line 52 years after my last college game," Mink said. "I said, 'Just relax and shoot it like you know how to all day long.' I just floated the shots in there. I'm in the books now. I can relax a little bit."

Mink, of Knoxville, last played college basketball 52 years ago at Lees College in Jackson, Ky. After someone soaped the basketball coach's office, he lost his spot on the team and was expelled. Mink still says he didn't do it.

Last year, after shooting baskets at a neighbor's house, he wrote to several area colleges, and Roane State coach Randy Nesbit agreed to give him a chance. Mink has practiced regularly with the team since school began in August.

Mark,
Did he shot his free throw shots under-hand?

No, that would mess up any chance he had with the ladies on campus.

Update - Good News Story Goes Bad....
 

"We're talkin Spanish man, Spanish" (Said like Allen Iverson)

http://msn.foxsports.com/nba/story/9...PHCP&gt1=39002

That's too bad.

I can not believe that someone remembered this thread.

MTD, Sr.

Maybe someone from here is "BigBadBru"! :D