Terp Basketball



The team arrives to the stadium. I, of course, sitting in the front of the bus get up and tell all the players the game plan. Following me, we all walk into the stadium. Looking around all the players are putting their uniforms on, lacing up their shoe laces, or taping their ankles. I turn over to the white board and draw up what i started on the bus. I meet with the assistant coaches and we get the pregame warm ups going. Soon enough the game starts and we are getting hammered on the boards. We cant hit any shots and we arent getting back on D. I called a timeout to set up Juan, hopefully to get something going in the first half. The play went wrong and it ended with an AND 1 for the other team. I LOOOOSSSSEEE it. As im yelling at the ref, reaming him out, he gives me a technical foul right in my face. The assistance coaches had to come over and pull me back to the bench. The second quarter ended are we were down god knows how many points. As everyone walked into the locker room with their heads down i knew i needed to say something meaning full. Over the next few minutes in the lockerroom i got the team back on the right track. Finally, in the third quarter we started getting rebounds, making shots, and getting back on defence. There is two minutes left in the game. University of North Carolina is winning the game by a couple points. I look down to the other side and look right into the eyes of Roy Williams. We have the ball and Juan makes another shot, making that 3 shots in a row. UNC dribbles back down the court and Juan steals it and quickly calls a timeout. There is 15 seconds left. I draw up the same play for Juan that i drew up in the second half that failed. Everyone put their hands in and knew this had to work in order to win the game. The ball is inbounded right to Juan he dribbles for a couple second and makes an incredible juke move. As sweat is pouring down my face i see Juan pull up at the 3 point line as time expired to win the game by 1 point. As the team runs over to him i walk down the sideline and shake Roy Williams hand. I give an interview to Stewart Scott and head into the lockerroom. With all the kids yelling i calm them down and hand the game ball to Juan and congradulate the team. What a way to end the game.