BisonBacker
February 27th, 2017, 03:49 PM
Just a odd story from the past revisited. I can't imagine sitting watching that game. What a bore fest.
Curt Honeyman knew the idea was a little crazy.
Then again, it was also so simple he wondered if it also wasn't the perfect plan.
In the days leading up the 1992 District 24 boys basketball tournament, Honeyman preached patience to his Regent Rangers team.
"Patience to the extreme," said Scott Sheldon, the Rangers' sophomore guard and leading scorer that season.
Honeyman's theory was that if the Rangers could sit in their four-corners offense long enough, they could force the taller, more talented Hettinger Black Devils into defensive errors, put points on the scoreboard and keep the game from spiraling out of their reach.
On the evening of Feb. 27, 1992, at Solberg Gymnasium in Bowman, Honeyman sent his team onto the court with simple goals: be deliberate and patient on offense and control the tempo.
He never expected, 20 years later, people would remember the game.
Then again, he also never expected the final buzzer to sound with this score:
Hettinger 4, Regent 2.
More on the story with video.
http://www.thedickinsonpress.com/content/hettinger-4-regent-2-players-coaches-and-officials-recall-infamous-low-scoring-game
Curt Honeyman knew the idea was a little crazy.
Then again, it was also so simple he wondered if it also wasn't the perfect plan.
In the days leading up the 1992 District 24 boys basketball tournament, Honeyman preached patience to his Regent Rangers team.
"Patience to the extreme," said Scott Sheldon, the Rangers' sophomore guard and leading scorer that season.
Honeyman's theory was that if the Rangers could sit in their four-corners offense long enough, they could force the taller, more talented Hettinger Black Devils into defensive errors, put points on the scoreboard and keep the game from spiraling out of their reach.
On the evening of Feb. 27, 1992, at Solberg Gymnasium in Bowman, Honeyman sent his team onto the court with simple goals: be deliberate and patient on offense and control the tempo.
He never expected, 20 years later, people would remember the game.
Then again, he also never expected the final buzzer to sound with this score:
Hettinger 4, Regent 2.
More on the story with video.
http://www.thedickinsonpress.com/content/hettinger-4-regent-2-players-coaches-and-officials-recall-infamous-low-scoring-game