Classic Pieper

[77ncaachamps]

First Half: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcXhHKKTU58
Second Half: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmPiUhrH400

State Finals would later be against Cassville and Sam Okey, one of Wisconsin's once heralded prepsters (only to rot in Badger Red).

[nycwarrior]

wow. thanks for posting that. it was fun to watch.

i guess you don't score that many points by passing. ever.

did Pieper's team end up winning the championship?

[immaeagle]

did Pieper's team end up winning the championship?

Yes sir, they beat Cassville when Sam Okey was a sophmore. Piper had 42 points in the Albany game and 42 against Cassville. 

[GGGG]

State Finals would later be against Cassville and Sam Okey, one of Wisconsin's once heralded prepsters (only to rot in Badger Red).

Well mostly because Okey was a headcase.  Complete contrast of how you handle being a small-town star on the big stage between Pieper and Okey.

[Niv Berkowitz]

Wisconsin high school sports from the 90s ladies and gentlemen!!

Gawd, that was awful.

[ringout]

Well mostly because Okey was a headcase.  Complete contrast of how you handle being a small-town star on the big stage between Pieper and Okey.

Didn't Okey have a helicopter father?  I am remembering something about his dad having a run in with Dick Bennett. 

[GGGG]

My understanding is that the family was more of enabler-type than a helicopter type...wheras Pieper's dad was his high school coach.  Okey's family owns most of Cassville...including the local bank that was just taken over by the FDIC last month.

[77ncaachamps]

wow. thanks for posting that. it was fun to watch.

i guess you don't score that many points by passing. ever.

did Pieper's team end up winning the championship?

Catching up the two dudes: Pieper lives in Indy and works in Pharm sales. Armitage is a PE instructor in Juda.

[Warrior of Law]

That flat-top was sweet, as was his stroke.  Gotta love the 100% green light to shoot.

[immaeagle]

Anthony's dad still remains one of the all-time winningest WI HS coaches as well. I went to the same high school, but he retired the year before I played. He was unequivocally the most terrifying yeller I've ever experienced.

[77ncaachamps]

Anthony's dad still remains one of the all-time winningest WI HS coaches as well. I went to the same high school, but he retired the year before I played. He was unequivocally the most terrifying yeller I've ever experienced.

No wonder Anthony Pieper was able to take KO! lol

[Mutaman]

I may be wrong about this but I seem to recall that when Pieper scored 32 at the Garden, it represented the most points scored there by any player at any level that year. That lasted less then 24 hours. The next night the Bulls came to town and Jordan was upset at the Knicks for some statement somebody made. He put in 55, the most ever by anyone not named Bernard King until Kolbe hit for 61 a few years ago.

[TomW1365]

That was pretty tough to watch.  I went to MU during Pieper's playing days... I heard he had the all time Wisconsin scoring record, but I didn't know that he took every shot for his team.  I wonder if Pieper's team mates felt like Teenwolf's did...

[immaeagle]

That was pretty tough to watch.  I went to MU during Pieper's playing days... I heard he had the all time Wisconsin scoring record, but I didn't know that he took every shot for his team.  I wonder if Pieper's team mates felt like Teenwolf's did...

In fairness, the school had about 200 kids 9-12 and has produced maybe 3 D1 athletes in 50 years.

[GGGG]

That was pretty tough to watch.  I went to MU during Pieper's playing days... I heard he had the all time Wisconsin scoring record, but I didn't know that he took every shot for his team.  I wonder if Pieper's team mates felt like Teenwolf's did...

Well, when the choices are winning a state championship with him taking most of the shots or going 5-16 with the rest of them, what do you think they will choose?  I mean, when you get D1 talent at that level, that is pretty much what is going to happen.

[JWags85]

Well, when the choices are winning a state championship with him taking most of the shots or going 5-16 with the rest of them, what do you think they will choose?  I mean, when you get D1 talent at that level, that is pretty much what is going to happen.

I've always wondered that.  You watch some of these teams, aka BYU with Jimmer, and wonder how the rest of the teammates feel.  But bottom line is it comes down to winning.  Recently, I was on a soccer team with a prolific goal scorer, dude just could put it in the net.  Growing up, I was a striker and wanted nothing more than to score goals, but I found myself turning into more of a creative distributor realizing this guy was the key to us winning games and I really needed to do whatever I could to let him go to work.  I'm sure its the same sort of idea.

[StillAWarrior]

That was pretty tough to watch.  I went to MU during Pieper's playing days... I heard he had the all time Wisconsin scoring record, but I didn't know that he took every shot for his team.  I wonder if Pieper's team mates felt like Teenwolf's did...

Also in fairness, the description of the video says, "Contains every shot of Pieper and Armitage only."  I'm not saying that the other kids got a lot of looks, but the video is specifically edited to include only Pieper's shots for his team.  I never saw him play HS ball, so perhaps that didn't require much editing.

[APieperFan3]

That flat-top was sweet, as was his stroke.  Gotta love the 100% green light to shoot.

I once asked McIlvaine what the deal was with Pieper's 'do'...he said he rocked that hairstyle b/c his favorite bball player was Rex Chapman.

[77ncaachamps]

Thankfully it was THIS Rex Chapman


And not THIS Rex Chapman

[wyzgy]

First Half: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcXhHKKTU58
Second Half: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmPiUhrH400

State Finals would later be against Cassville and Sam Okey, one of Wisconsin's once heralded prepsters (only to rot in Badger Red).

sam "the sham" left the badgers and finished his collegiate career with the iowa hawkeyes. yes the same hawkeyes that are giving that felon juco dude, hubbard a scholarship at the age of 26 after spending a few years in the cross-bars motel for aiding armed robbery

[wildbillsb]

Happy Easter, Doc.

[wyzgy]

hey thanks bill.  down in lake havasu, az. with some of the family-weather is f'ing spectacular, stars never brighter-golf game needs help, but ya know what they say about bad days golfing- hope yours was happy too

[rocky_warrior]

Whoa.  You're not telling me we have two dentists on the board????

That's just wrong.

[wyzgy]

well i sure as heck ain't a hygienist, but that isn't to say anything bad about them.  don't need them reading this and then showing up at work with an attitude, but i have three and pay them pretty good coin at $32-40/hour