If your side has the ball and is leading with two seconds left, why would you even try to shoot? You hold the ball and run out the clock. Maybe you would get fouled and go to the line. BUT, you don’t try to take a shot. The boy tried to do a little showboating and got his team eliminated.
He had 5 large riding on the loss. It truly was an act of desperation.
I’m glad I never made any embarrassing mistakes when I was a teenager.
Ohhh - One second left - Dennis Johnson steps in front of the inbounds pass and dishes to Bird for the layup - CELTICS WIN!
How can you get confused when there are only two baskets on the playing field? It’s not like there are two dozen baskets to choose from.
Kid better find a new school...
The class reunions will be fun for this classic goat.
Give him the Senator John McCain award for screwing over his own team above and beyond the call of duty.
“Without a doubt, that’s the toughest locker room I’ve ever had to talk to,” Shanklin said.
I believe that.
Not even close, the most heartbreaking was the Gold Medal game in the 72 Olympics.
"...nice going bonehead,see ya down at Booger King"
All the local media were quickly in agreement with one another to not publish the young man's name on the grounds that he's not a professional or college athlete, and that he's really still a kid.
One guy in particular, Dave Sittler with the Tulsa World, recalled precedent set in a state football championship when a player for Tulsa McClain high school caught a long pass, crossed the line, then stopped, celebrated, and spiked the ball... problem was "the line" was the 5 yard line, costing McClain the state championship.
I wish the national media had the same sense of decency as Mr. Sittler and the rest of our local media.
He's just a kid, and he lives in a small town in Oklahoma...
Why publish his name?
No one taking any cruelty out on him today, at least not in the media. I hope he does a press conference, maybe today, and tells everyone it was really his fault for not coaching properly and to lay off the young man.
This is why teams (especially football) should not be allowed
to run out the clock. Ever notice when the expected winners
kill the game 1 or 2 min. left on the clock hanging on for
dear life.
Chris Webber calls timeout in the NCAA championship final...
Ruh Ro.
The boy who put the ball in the wrong hoop will likely be the subject of some good-natured ribbing by his teammates for some time to come and while I'm sure they were not too happy about losing a game they should have won, they will look back at this and laugh.
Over time, this will prove to be a positive life experience for the boy. He'll have quite a story to tell his grandkids and he'll have a YouTube video to back his story up.
I wonder how much playing time this kid had during the game/season.
I watched a game once where Virginia was 4 points up on Clemson with four seconds remaining on the clock. Virginia ended up losing by 3.
Hate to be so crass but the kid was a moron—at least on that play or else the coaches are to blame somewhat too. oh well...hordes of morons elected Barry twice so there ya go.
Darwin wins again.