User #2735
03-18-2003, 10:14 PM
In my personal order:
1) Bo Kimble's left handed free throw - Maybe to anyone ~20 and under, this shot may not mean as much...but I remember Hank Gathers on the court like it was yesterday. The night I saw the news of his collapse on ESPN was one of those times where my heart literally hurt because of the tragedy. Like most people who followed college basketball during his time at LMU, I had seen and read about how much of a genuinely good person he was and the story of the close friendship between Gathers and Kimble had been told on most broadcasts featuring LMU. When Kimble went to the foul line for the first time in that tournament, you just knew that every basketball fan in America was mentally willing the ball to go through the hoop. When it did, I think many more than just me felt a tear fall from their eye.
2) Lorenzo Charles dunks Whittenburg's miss - I rewatched this game a few weeks ago on ESPN Classic and was just as pumped up when they won as I was the first time I saw it...and I'm not even close to being a NC State fan.
3) Christian Laettner's buzzer beater against Kentucky - One of the few sports moments that I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing when it occurred. That shot caused me to hate Laettner and hate Duke for eternity.
4) Jordan's title-winner - The greatest player of all time gives one of the greatest coaches of all-time his first title. Legendary.
5) Bryce Drew hits the three - It's not just that Valpo had upset Mississippi...it was just a first round game, after all. But it was the coach's son hitting on one of the prettiest, smoothest, best drawn up plays I have ever seen. From the full court inbounds pass to the catch and pass by the Valpo guard to the catch and shoot by Drew, the entire play seem like it was one motion. Poetry in motion.
6) Keith Smart wins it for Indiana
7) Rumeal Robinson with nerves of steel
8) Danny Ainge goes coast-to-coast
9) Tyus Edney pulls an 'Ainge'
10) Tate George wins the East
1) Bo Kimble's left handed free throw - Maybe to anyone ~20 and under, this shot may not mean as much...but I remember Hank Gathers on the court like it was yesterday. The night I saw the news of his collapse on ESPN was one of those times where my heart literally hurt because of the tragedy. Like most people who followed college basketball during his time at LMU, I had seen and read about how much of a genuinely good person he was and the story of the close friendship between Gathers and Kimble had been told on most broadcasts featuring LMU. When Kimble went to the foul line for the first time in that tournament, you just knew that every basketball fan in America was mentally willing the ball to go through the hoop. When it did, I think many more than just me felt a tear fall from their eye.
2) Lorenzo Charles dunks Whittenburg's miss - I rewatched this game a few weeks ago on ESPN Classic and was just as pumped up when they won as I was the first time I saw it...and I'm not even close to being a NC State fan.
3) Christian Laettner's buzzer beater against Kentucky - One of the few sports moments that I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing when it occurred. That shot caused me to hate Laettner and hate Duke for eternity.
4) Jordan's title-winner - The greatest player of all time gives one of the greatest coaches of all-time his first title. Legendary.
5) Bryce Drew hits the three - It's not just that Valpo had upset Mississippi...it was just a first round game, after all. But it was the coach's son hitting on one of the prettiest, smoothest, best drawn up plays I have ever seen. From the full court inbounds pass to the catch and pass by the Valpo guard to the catch and shoot by Drew, the entire play seem like it was one motion. Poetry in motion.
6) Keith Smart wins it for Indiana
7) Rumeal Robinson with nerves of steel
8) Danny Ainge goes coast-to-coast
9) Tyus Edney pulls an 'Ainge'
10) Tate George wins the East