For all the scoopers...

[VwArrior1]

In the midst of a long and slow offseason, I thought it would make for a good discussion to share about you previous experiences playing ball.  I understand there are those that haven't(doesn't make you any less of a fan) but for the ones who have, it would be interesting to know some of your backround.  Things like how long did you play? Did you start? What position?
First off myself:I started for Junior Varsity as a Freshman in High School. Sophomore year, I made the transition to Varsity being the first off the bench. Started both my Junior and Senior years at the small forward position, both years advancing to the state finals only to fall short.  As a junior I earned second-team all-district; as a senior, 1st-team all-district and 2nd-team all-region.  Spent 2 years as a preferred walk-on at Old Dominion University.  Thanks, please share your experiences.

[LA]

Eighth team all archdiocese as an 8th grader.

CYO basketball 10th man of the year as an 8th grader.

Great at rockin rec specs and cheering our team on to our 2-10 record. Lot's of enthusiasm on the bench.

[Buchec18]

First off myself:I started for Junior Varsity as a Freshman in High School. Sophomore year, I made the transition to Varsity being the first off the bench. Started both my Junior and Senior years at the small forward position, both years advancing to the state finals only to fall short.  As a junior I earned second-team all-district; as a senior, 1st-team all-district and 2nd-team all-region.  Spent 2 years as a preferred walk-on at Old Dominion University.  Thanks, please share your experiences.

Congratulations... 

[4everwarriors]

I was a 6'9" 235 lb. power forward in high school and was offered by UCLA, Kentucky, UNC, Kansas, and Duke. Averaged 23 and 8 while checking the opponent's best offensive threat. Generally brought the ball up the court as the "power point," jumped center, and played about 30 minutes/game.
Put all this aside to pay my own way at MU where I scrapped basketball for academics. Thought I would put all my efforts into curing the world of it's most rampant disease, i.e. tooth decay. Never looked back for one minute.
At present, while I can still hold my own on the basketball court with today's studs, I've shrunk to 6'0", but my putting has improved to 22 putts/round.

[flash]

I got cut by the freshman team at my highschool Loyola Academy, however i still play all the time and i have played intramural basketball at marquette every semester so far.  I am currently playing in the 3 on 3 league at the rec center. I have no athletecism but i can shoot pretty well.  I compare myself to a 5'10 version of brad miller.

[Spaniel with a Short Tail]

No organized basketball history whatsoever, but I did coordinate the tent schedule freshman year for our season tickets, and in my junior year I was able to sneak eight of those 8 oz. Millers into the arena inside my parka. 

[Lennys Tap]

I was a 6'9" 235 lb. power forward in high school and was offered by UCLA, Kentucky, UNC, Kansas, and Duke. Averaged 23 and 8 while checking the opponent's best offensive threat. Generally brought the ball up the court as the "power point," jumped center, and played about 30 minutes/game.
Put all this aside to pay my own way at MU where I scrapped basketball for academics. Thought I would put all my efforts into curing the world of it's most rampant disease, i.e. tooth decay. Never looked back for one minute.
At present, while I can still hold my own on the basketball court with today's studs, I've shrunk to 6'0", but my putting has improved to 22 putts/round.

Post of the month.

[dgies9156]

I was 6'6" tall, slow as used motor oil, shot that only a mother could love (and rumor was she even laughed at it) and am still picking spliters of pine gains when I was in eighth grade from my backside, now that I am in my 50s. My vertical leap was 1", if I was motivated and had some priest with a paddle on my ass.

Yeup, I was the star of my neighborhood -- which was a middle class suburb full of football players (I could not play that well either).

I blame my lack of a professional basketball career on the Dominican Sisters. For eight years of Catholic grammar school, I knelt during the consecration every day. They said if Jesus hung on that cross for three hours, I could kneel for 15 minutes. Well Sister, I was kneeling forever and the knee was not meant to be a sustainable load bearing joint.

Funny, I couldn't get a lawyer to take my case... so I went to Marquette, got a degree and lived happily ever after.

[GGGG]

In the midst of a long and slow offseason, I thought it would make for a good discussion to share about you previous experiences playing ball.  I understand there are those that haven't(doesn't make you any less of a fan) but for the ones who have, it would be interesting to know some of your backround.  Things like how long did you play? Did you start? What position?
First off myself:I started for Junior Varsity as a Freshman in High School. Sophomore year, I made the transition to Varsity being the first off the bench. Started both my Junior and Senior years at the small forward position, both years advancing to the state finals only to fall short.  As a junior I earned second-team all-district; as a senior, 1st-team all-district and 2nd-team all-region.  Spent 2 years as a preferred walk-on at Old Dominion University.  Thanks, please share your experiences.

You win.

[SacWarrior]

I played point guard all throughout Junior High and Freshman year. Then I sprung up to 6'2" and instantly my coach moved me to center. After one year of Junior Varsity ball at center I knew I wanted to go back to a guard or small forward position (I'm not JMay or anything, I wasn't expecting much of a future in basketball on a terrible high school team that won three games my Sophomore year) so I never tried out for varsity and started regularly playing streetball on the mean streets (next to the mean cornfields) of Natomas, California in the shadow of the world's most dilapidated professional basketball concrete box, Arco Arena.

I can still shoot the lights out and have great court presence. But I'm a bit too slow and unathletic to be playing any serious ball.

[77ncaachamps]

I played point guard all throughout Junior High and Freshman year. Then I sprung up to 6'2" and instantly my coach moved me to center. After one year of Junior Varsity ball at center I knew I wanted to go back to a guard or small forward position (I'm not JMay or anything, I wasn't expecting much of a future in basketball on a terrible high school team that won three games my Sophomore year) so I never tried out for varsity and started regularly playing streetball on the mean streets (next to the mean cornfields) of Natomas, California in the shadow of the world's most dilapidated professional basketball concrete box, Arco Arena.

I can still shoot the lights out and have great court presence. But I'm a bit too slow and unathletic to be playing any serious ball.

I watched DeMarcus Nelson and the Natomas gang take apart my alma mater, Bellarmine, at our house during the NorCal playoffs.

Back to this thread...

Cut my freshman year so I decided to go Varsity.

Varsity Speech and Debate.

Much like Dwight Schrute's German is pre-industrial, the same could be said, unfortunately, about my game: very intramuralish.

I take out my life's court frustrations daily on 4th graders. lol

[mug644]

I was a 6'9" 235 lb. power forward in high school and was offered by UCLA, Kentucky, UNC, Kansas, and Duke. Averaged 23 and 8 while checking the opponent's best offensive threat. Generally brought the ball up the court as the "power point," jumped center, and played about 30 minutes/game.
Put all this aside to pay my own way at MU where I scrapped basketball for academics. Thought I would put all my efforts into curing the world of it's most rampant disease, i.e. tooth decay. Never looked back for one minute.
At present, while I can still hold my own on the basketball court with today's studs, I've shrunk to 6'0", but my putting has improved to 22 putts/round.

And your real name is Sidd Finch?

[mugrad99]

You win.

There is a lurker on here who played on the same high school team as Shawn Kemp. I believe he threw a no hitter for Marquette's baseball team too.

Of course, our law school team beat his law school team. We had a ringer though.

Edit to add my resume:JV Freshman and Sophomore years, was on the Varsity squad Junior and Senior years. started one game at Shooting Guard senior year (regular starter was suspended for drinking). Was promptly torched for 50+ points by Kirk Manns (went on to play at Mich State). Suspension was miraculously lifted against the starting guard.  He still thanks me to this day whenever he sees me.

[Sawsi]

I was an above average scoring threat in 5th - 7th grade at St. Alexanders.  I reached my peak as a 5'10" point forward in 8th grade for St. Romans B team.  Our team's dream of being the first B team to make the Padre Sierra tournament came to an end when St. Martin of Tours beat us in the closing seconds by hitting a half court shot.  My basketball career then hit the wall when I made the freshmen team, but was not allowed to travel to away games.  I took that as a sign and finished my career playing WA/WM rec basketball where I played center at 5'11" 180lbs.

[thowell]

Lockdown D where did u go to high school?

[mu-rara]

I was so talented as a grade school hoops player, that I was recruited to wrestle in high school.  That wrestling coach sure knew talent.

[Skatastrophy]

I practice free throws every night.

I still can't hit more than 40%.

I'm pretty sure I touched the net once in high-school.  There are conflicting reports on that one, though.

[MUDPT]

I watched Concord at the semi-state at the Coliseum in '88? with Kemp.  I was 6.

[NYWarrior]

I watched Concord at the semi-state at the Coliseum in '88? with Kemp.  I was 6.

Yes that was 1988 -- later that season the Concord Minutemen were drilled in the state finals by Chander Thompson's Muncie Central squad.  Two years later Concord went to the state finals without Kemp where they lost to Bedford-North Lawrence and Damon Bailey.  I still believe that game holds the record for the biggest crowd to ever see a high school basketball game (40K+).  I still have the t-shirt, anyway.

[NYWarrior]

There is a lurker on here who played on the same high school team as Shawn Kemp. I believe he threw a no hitter for Marquette's baseball team too.

Of course, our law school team beat his law school team. We had a ringer though.

The one and only Don D. is a lurker on this site?  Get a handle and start posting, buddy.  Steve Larkin had nothing on you!  

[4everwarriors]

And your real name is Sidd Finch?

Went to high school with Sidd, but my handlers got me on a different AAU team.

[Lighthouse 84]

I watched Concord at the semi-state at the Coliseum in '88? with Kemp.  I was 6.

you aren't one of his many kids are you?

[reinko]

I was a beefy 5'1" PF in 7th grade at Sacred Hearts.  Only action I saw on the court was during a scrimmage against St. Alphonsus, brought the ball up court because our PG was hurt, swished back to back 3's from the top of the key.  Quickly I felt like I was Starbury in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3gw47Unu1g

Went on to miss my next 6 3's (I was not hot as a pistol), and never really got off the pine much after that.

[TJ]

In a game in 4th grade I scored 1/2 of my team's first half points (4/8) and then sat on the bench the entire second half.

[Big Daddy 84]

Score 8 points on Doc rivers in high school....not saying how much he scored on me..it was a little higher.