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Remember Jack Taylor?

Remember Jack Taylor?

Aug 3, 2013

The offseason of any sport can be hard for sports fans. For guys like me, it completely throws off my schedule. When your favorite sport is on theirs always something to do, every game is pretty much a party, but when the offseason hits, it really hits us. Sometimes all we can do is look back at the season and reflect, which reminds me, remember Jack Taylor?

You know, Jack Taylor, the guy from Grinnell who dropped 138 points in a single game. Yeah, that guy. Jack Taylor broke the record for points scored by a single player in a NCAA game last season by a long shot. Only just last year, this kid made history.

How the hell does a person drop, 138 points in a game? Well first has to take at least 108 shots (that’s what Taylor did), and then you gotta launch up at least 71 three pointers (also what Taylor did). Of course if a normal college baller even attempted to throw up anything close to 108 shots they probably would get kicked out of the program. Well this wasn’t just some normal college player or some normal college system.

Over there at Grinnell they play basketball a little different than most teams. Their goal is to take as many three pointers as they can, the first shot is the best shot. They pull court press after every basket and every player but the shooter goes for the offense rebound. The only kind of defense they play is the full court press, if the opponent beats them, then their just coming back down to launch a three. Since this is obviously a lot of work, and sounds very intense the coach subs the players in and out every minute or so.

What Jack Taylor did was ridiculous but that Grinnell system is even crazier. Once the coach saw how many points he had at the half, he just kept feeding Taylor the ball. I wonder what the team will do this year since their always looking to break records.

 

 

Was good though, it's me Everick Davis Jr. Born and raised in Portsmouth Virginia, I'm currently a senior at the University of North Carolina Greensboro. I watch every sport (not so much golf) but I am huge on the NBA. My favorite players right now are J.R. Smith, Russell Westbrook & Nick Young. Drinking beer and watching sports is my favorite past time and I do it year round! I used to play basketball on the regular until everyone else kept growing and I still stood at 5'6. So that's when I channeled my efforts into becoming the next Stephen A Smith or anything close to that. I currently write for "The Carolinian" newspaper in Greensboro, NC and intern for http://theurbantwist.com/ Random Fact about me, I love anime, my favorite one is One Piece! Second random fact, I got beatz! check me out http://www.reverbnation.com/ielabs

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