Clint Johnson
Clint Johnson
Clint Johnsonis an American author of nonfiction, primarily about the American Civil War. He is a graduate of the University of Florida...
barely best final plays seed teams time today year
The year before I got there, KU was in the final four. At that time there were only 32 teams in the tournament. So you had to be one of the best to get in. It wasn't like today where the no. 1 seed plays a 16 seed that barely had a .500 season.
guys looked
I looked around and there were about 2,000,000 other guys there it seemed. So I said yes.
enjoyed football played players
I really enjoyed that. It had been so long. It was 27 years. There were some players from Leavenworth that played football there but not basketball.
came community involved saying teams time
I don't know how many teams have the H-3 any more. But under him it was hustle, hustle, hustle. It was also about that time when the saying 'Be a Pioneer, be a champion' came out. And the community started getting involved more too.
ahead announced crowd foot game moved player remember special swear
That's something very special to me. I remember one game they announced the player ahead of me and the crowd just exploded. I swear I moved a foot on the bench.
reminded senior year
It reminded me of my senior year at Leavenworth. I was the go-to-guy there too.
against ball basket dribble drive four gotten guys league line middle pass playing spread
Against Notre Dame, we had just gotten through playing our league and had gotten used to that clock. They went to a four-corner offense. Four guys would spread out to about the out-of-bounds line and one guy would get the ball in the middle and dribble around and pass or drive to the basket or shoot.
attitude few good leading season team
The few years leading up to that season hadn't been that good. It was a turn-around year. We had good team chemistry. There was a whole new attitude with the new coach.
I don't remember. Probably had something to do with girls.
against fathers grew played
I grew up with Wayne's father. We played against each other on the playground.