Winning shots...

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by BigT

I show up and watch a JV game before my Varsity game. The first half is winding down at this small gym with only one clock. Rockwell rebounds with 20 seconds to go and the visiting Varsity team in the front row starts screaming 3!,2!,1! and this kid thinking he has less time launches just over half court. The crowd is like what the heck!, until it rattles in. This puts them up 3 at half time. Both teams score the same number of points in the 2nd half and this half court shot that never should have happened wins the JV game.

Do any of you have some memorable shots during your career?

I have almost the opposite. My intramural mens team was 0-25 in our first 5 seasons ... and 0-4 in our 6th (and final) season. Last game of that year, we're facing another 0-4 whose scores against the other teams are as abysmal as ours, so we know this is our only chance.

There's no clock on the court in these games - they all start and end at the same time on every court - so we generally have a clock-keeper on the bench. We're down one with time winding down, other team with the ball. My clock guy yells 4 .... 3 .... 2 .... and the other team heaves one up from half court. I get the rebound. Clock guys says, "Mike - 12 seconds!!!" 2 passes later, our only decent shooter puts up an ugly shot that manages to go in for our only victory every.