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...
grow near opportunity
I think it's when you grow up near a place like that and you have an opportunity to go there, how could you not?
blessed couple good saw start witnesses
We were blessed with a couple of very good witnesses who saw if from start to finish.
bottom good players ran returning top
I was the only returning starter. We just didn't have the players top to bottom that we had before, and we ran into some good teams.
four playing
I was the first to go four years of playing varsity basketball. That's what it comes down to.
college defensive game points role scoring toughest
My role changed. I was the play-maker again. In college I usually had the toughest defensive assignments. I was back to scoring 20 points a game so it was fun.
against fathers grew played
I grew up with Wayne's father. We played against each other on the playground.
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.
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.
athletes class good league periods senior time top won
We just had a lot of good athletes at the time. We won league in just about everything. It was one of those time periods where top to bottom, senior class to sophomore, there were a lot of good athletes.
details point putting
At this point right now, we're still putting the details together.
freshmen people playing reason season three year
The reason for that was, the season before I got there, it was the first year freshmen could play. All those stats that had been collected, those people had been playing for three years.
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.
reminded senior year
It reminded me of my senior year at Leavenworth. I was the go-to-guy there too.