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02-20-2006, 10:55 AM
"Moe" Wrote:A question J.R.
What was the biggest achievement in your career??
The State Championship
The MR. Basketball Award
Playing D-I basketball 4 years
or
Playing profesionally??
Biggest accomplishment? That is a great question. I would have to say winning the state tournament would have to be first. Why? Well, going into the District tournament that year we were 16-10 and no one really expected us to do very much if we even got to the Sweet 16. We just got on a roll, put all our "agendas" behind us, came together as a team and won 10 in a row. The best thing about it is wearing that ring and people asking if they could look at it. I can't believe it has been 10 years.
Second, I would have to say getting to play D-1 and playing against some great players. The best part was saving my mom and dad money by getting my education paid for. I stayed close to home because I wanted to be close to my family. I had a little brother and an older sister that I wanted to stay close to and watch grow up. I also experienced some tragedy while at Marshall as my great-grandfather passed away while I was a freshman and my grandfather passed away the next year. I was able to take time away from Marshall and come home and be with my family during that horrible time. I don't think I could have done that somehwere else, and being from Eastern KY people should realize how important family is.
Third, I loved playing professional basketball, even for the short time that I did. I think that I proved to people that I could do it. I wasn't too slow or unathletic, I could play with the pros. Spent some time in the NBDL (NBA minor league) with the North Charleston (SC) Lowgators and then some time in the USBL with the Charleston (WV) Miners. The last team ran out of money and the team folded so I had to find a job and began teaching. I still get calls from time to time from a guy in Luxembourg to go over and play but I make more teaching than I would by going over there.
I was proud to be named Mr. Basketball but that was more of an individual accomplsihment and it came becasue my team was successful.
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