Shocky1;842851622 said:
so cal basketball junkie told me that scott washington is a 6'3" guard that can score at all 3 levels & that he will be entering st john bosco as a 2021 class prospect with a tremendous upside...scott's dad is former cal great chris washington (elementary math school teacher/aau coach) who played with kevin johnson (nba all star/former mayor of sacramento), david butler (investment management in manhattan beach), richard chang (runs costco in taiwan), leonard taylor (undercover cop), jon wheeler (insurance broker in bay area), jeff huling (real estate broker in seattle), eddie javius (educational consultant in fresno), jim beatie (insurance broker in seattle), bart koenitzer (medical supplies in bay area), earnie sears (educator in palmdale), michael taylor (wine distributor owner in bay area) & harmut ortmann (played pro ball 10 years in germany)
50 year decision (the streak)#:gobears:
Chris Washington played a key role in one of my favorite Cal games, even if it wasn't a particularly well played one, the USF game in the OOC portion of Campy's first year, in late 1985, near the beginning of USF's first year off of the self-imposed death penalty. Thanks in part to a T for having too many players on the court (the refs didn't notice until Eddie Javius, who was supposed to be on the court, realized they had six and tried to sneak off), Cal got somewhat hopelessly behind, down 3 win the waning seconds of the game in the last year before the 3 point shot was introduced, so no apparent way to win the game. Chris Washington goes for a layup that would cut the lead to 1 with 1 second left, but that won't win the game. Except USF fouls Washington as he scores. Washington goes to the line to tie the game and misses the FT, game over, Bears lose -- except Leonard Taylor gets a put back tip-in to win the game.
13 years ago, I was talking to a guy at a wedding, and when I found out he was USF's center that year, I wanted to talk to him about that game. He wanted to point out that USF beat Cal the next year at USF. I told him I didn't care about that game because I wasn't there. I later felt bad, because I remembered, oh yeah, I WAS there, I went to the Hilltop to see the game in late 1986 when Cal stunk up the joint and lost, but I blocked it out of my mind. In any event, the center, Peter Reitz, made it clear that he was on the opposite side of Taylor when Washington missed the FT at the end. He also talked about going to the line for a 1 and 1 very late in the game. He was in the zone, he knew he would make the free throws and solidly put the game away. Then USF coach Jim Brovelli yelled at him, "Hey Pete!" Pete looks over. "Make these!!" Pete was taken out of the zone, he missed the front end, and things were only virtually hopeless, not completely hopeless, for Cal, thanks to a stupid foul putting Washington on the line and a fortuitous miss and put back.
Ah, good times.