In case you didn’t see it, and if you’re not a Duke fan, I imagine that you did not – Sean Dockery’s 40 foot prayer at the buzzer beat Virginia Tech. See the AP story via ESPN.com (no video as of now, though). And through the wonders of DVR, I managed to save the last 8-10 minutes of the broadcast (changing channels limited the time saved). My dad called me about a minute later and I was still laughing.
I haven’t seen a shot like that since Jeff Capel’s 35 footer against UNC in 1995, which I refer to at the Coffee Table Game. At that time, I had a solid wood coffee table (from the surprisingly-still-in-business This End Up furniture company; I guess they just closed all of their mall stores). I was sitting on the couch watching the game, and when Capel hit his shot, I jumped both up off the sofa and out away from the sofa, towards the coffee table. I have no idea how, but I managed to pick up my legs high enough to avoid crashing into or on top of the table, which would have sent my tumbling into the (thankfully) unlit fireplace. If I tried that now, I’d be in the hospital with broken glass embedded in my feet (new coffee table with glass panels).
