Interesting story on the history of basketball

[Sawyer]

The invention of the jump shot (specifically about a Mizzou player who apparently did it first).

I liked Phog Allen's point of view, and laugh at the thought of a guy catching a pass, faking in place for 15 seconds without dribbling, then jumping with his back to the basket, spinning in mid-air and launching a shot. Thank god basketball changed...

Nothing at all to do with OU, but thought some may be interested in it anyway.

 

[MarnePatch]

That was VERY interesting. Thanks for posting that story.

 

[Dr Sleep]

Cool, now i know that Phog Allen was a douche that changed rules cause he couldn't stop Cooper.

 

[ksSooner13]

Cool, now i know that Phog Allen was a douche that changed rules cause he couldn't stop Cooper.

The Sky is Blue, Water is Wet, people associated with KU basketball are D-bags... basics of life lol

 

[61sooner]

Amazing in that I was at the gym yesterday and picked a magazine that was left by someone else. It was the Spring issue of the Indiana Alumni magazine and there was a paragraph on the death of Mr. Cooper who had taught at IU and it mentioned that he had played basketball at Mizzou.

 

[stoopified]

Amazing in that I was at the gym yesterday and picked a magazine that was left by someone else. It was the Spring issue of the Indiana Alumni magazine and there was a paragraph on the death of Mr. Cooper who had taught at IU and it mentioned that he had played basketball at Mizzou.

Further proof of the six degrees of sepearation.Did you see Kevin Bacon?

 

[Sawyer]

Interesting fact I discovered while researching more about this story...

We all know kansas' Helms Foundation titles are a fraud. The were retroactively awarded by people who never saw the games, and most schools don't recognize those types of titles. What I didn't know was that another group, Premo-Porretta, also awarded titles back then. kansas currently hangs a banner for the 1921-22 Helms Foundation title. During that season, they went 16-2 and tied for first in the conference. Missouri went 16-1, also tied for first. The two teams split two games during the season. Missouri challenged kansas to a tie-breaker game, which kansas refused to play. For that year, Mizzou was awarded the Premo-Porretta title. We don't, of course, hang a banner for it, because it wasn't won on the floor.

Here's a link to the source: http://uponfurtherreview.kansascity.com/?q=node/2911

Of course, it's completely irrelevant. Ninety year old history has no bearing on where the programs are today. I just love how kansas holds it's "national titles" over other teams in the conference when two of their five titles are completely bogus.

I also thought it was really interesting that the Missouri team that year lost their best player (and possibly the best player in the nation) because he decided to leave school early... to play for an AAU team.