138 points in a college game
 

That's by one player....

Link with video

How'd you like to work that one?

I've worked several teams that run that offense.

Fitting the guys name is Jack after putting it up 108 times!! Word is Carmelo Anthony is jealous and going after that in his next game:)

Combined score, that's averaging 7+ points/minute - track meet!!

Here's one take, and he pulls no punches.

In the article it mentions it was an exhibition game for Faith Baptist but not for Grinnell. I've seen that a few times and it doesn't seem right to me. One team really trying to win and the other playing their entire bench treating it as a practice game. :confused:

It depends on what each team's league consider as a "game"....who is an opponent that they can/must count.

Faces In The Crowd ...
 

Take a look at the photo at the top of bainsey's article. Nice crowd for an NCAA D III game, especially a game against a non-NCAA opponent.

What defense?
 

Most Baptist's I know will get after ya a bit more than that:D

I believe Faith is also a D-III team, albeit a far inferior one than Grinnel.

According to the article, they're NCCAA (as opposed to NCAA) Division II. That's the National Christian Collegiate Athletic Association.

Thanks, I looked quick on their website.

And in that case, I go back to my first thought, "I promise you Grinnel saw this as an exhibition game."

I think the running score in the book we use where I'm the official scorer goes up to 136. We've never gotten close to the maximum, whatever the exact number is. But if it is 136, Taylor exceeded that on his own.

I know it doesn't get close to 179 in the book. Hmmm …

They must use a different book at Grinnell. :confused:

David Larson of Faith Baptist (the opponent) had 70 point while shooting 34 for 44 from the field. Much better stats IMO.

Mostly uncontested layups. Read the Deadspin article for details.

But apparently most of those were gimmie layups. At least he has a story for his grandkids! (evenutually) :rolleyes:

He's still no Jon Diebler.:D

Would it have been more heroic if he had waited for defenders to come over and guard him?

Maybe The Month, Maybe The Year ...
 

My nomination for post o' the week.

Nccaa
 

I attended a Christian NAIA Division 1 school in CA, but our men's coach considered it embarrassing to attend the N"C"CAA tournament, and would not let the team go.

Realistically, I don't think that schools who are strictly NCCAA do any recruiting, or have scholarships. It is usually just 100 or 200 students and word of mouth to form a team. I only saw one of these teams while in college.

While our squad was crushing this local NCCAA school (this school was focused on Latin American missionaries, no joke) I remember thinking I could have started for the opposition. I got to do the play by play for our radio program, so I saw every game and knew the talent level that most of our opponents had. You could immediately recognize the athleticism of a guy who had bounced back from D1, and all our of guys looked like former D1(or pro) players compared to guys on an NCCAA school.

Grinnell's coach had this game circled on the calendar as Deadspin said. He knew they were going to completely clown them.

Did you read the article posted by Bainsey? The game sounds like a bit of a farce. From the article:

Literally 75% of [Faith Baptist's] points were full court heaves to get it over Grinnell's press, then a wide open layup on the other end. Oh, and David Larsen's "impressive" 70-point effort? Hardly. They were 90% wide open layups. He maybe took a handful of jump shots.

Sounds bizarre.

*Like*

It's early yet!
 

Don't count the young man out. He's still in HS....and has ambition! ;)

On the national nightly news tonight, Coach David Arseneault said he wasn't out to embarrass the other team......... Really? The final score was 179-104?

Why do I picture the announcer wearing a plaid sport coat, a dented derby, and chomping on a cigar stub?

NCCAA has two divisions. NCCAA-I does allow the option for athletic aid (although some NCCAA D2-eligible schools can opt up to D1) and NCCAA-II does not allow athletic aid, if I remember correctly.

I used to be involved with another small college association whose members often played NCCAA schools. One of our past members became infamous for giving up 201 points a few years ago.

Kobe ways in......
 

Kobe impressed with Taylor's 138-point night

"Would people be celebrating me if I scored 138 points? You know how it is, some people would, some people wouldn't," Bryant said. "They can all kiss my (expletive) as I'm sure (Taylor) feels the same way.

"If you score 138 points, you kind of have a license to tell people to (expletive) off."


Ah Kobe, always setting the example.

He's always raising the bar, isn't he. ;)

I thought of Kobe last night as we drove through Eagle, Colorado.

That is certainly an interesting take on the numbers.....

Probably the second one you thought of while driving through Eagle, Colorado.

He's baaaack......
 

Y! SPORTS

Twice? Wow!

I'd be far more impressed if he could drop 100 against an NCAA school and not a small bible college. (Crossroads used to be ACCA [Association of Christian College Athletics]. I'm not sure if they still are ACCA members of if they've moved up to the NCCAA).

That team Grinnell was playing against couldn't beat a lot of high school teams around here.