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...
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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.
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.
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.
agent drafted free golden team tried word
The word was that I was going to be drafted by Golden State. But that just didn't happen. So I tried out for a free agent team which I made.
details point putting
At this point right now, we're still putting the details together.
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.
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.
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.
couple finally great hard next together tough
We had some tough times those couple years. Then finally we put it all together once again. That was great because it was hard to take those next two years.
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.
blessed couple good saw start witnesses
We were blessed with a couple of very good witnesses who saw if from start to finish.