Hak's Block Party!

[jordville]

Happy Birthday, Hak! I could watch this play all day...

 

[Dave85]

Happy Birthday, Hak! I could watch this play all day...

It's been on a continuous loop in my head for years.

 

[bballbeadle]

That block looms even larger in my fevered memory since the championship game last year. Those two last second shots were daggers for both teams! I wondered at the time of Hak's block if Lee's ball really had a chance of going in. Duhhh, well, of course it did!

There should be a statue somewhere on campus of that play. (Easier said than done.)

 

[HoustonCuse]

That block looms even larger in my fevered memory since the championship game last year. Those two last second shots were daggers for both teams! I wondered at the time of Hak's block if Lee's ball really had a chance of going in. Duhhh, well, of course it did!

There should be a statue somewhere on campus of that play. (Easier said than done.)

You have hit on one of my greatest inventions. The question you ask, "would that shot have gone in?" is completely answerable. Once the ball leaves the shooter's hands, all the information is available to determine if the shot would have gone in or not. It would just take some slick software to do the trajectory calculations based on the camera views available. In the future, I predict there will be on-screen graphics for things like that - shot trajectories for blocked or tipped basketball shots, same thing for football: blocked field goals, batted down passes, etc.

 

[Dave85]

You have hit on one of my greatest inventions. The question you ask, "would that shot have gone in?" is completely answerable. Once the ball leaves the shooter's hands, all the information is available to determine if the shot would have gone in or not. It would just take some slick software to do the trajectory calculations based on the camera views available. In the future, I predict there will be on-screen graphics for things like that - shot trajectories for blocked or tipped basketball shots, same thing for football: blocked field goals, batted down passes, etc.

The thing is, at that particular moment, God was an Orange fan.

 

[orangefog]

That block looms even larger in my fevered memory since the championship game last year. Those two last second shots were daggers for both teams! I wondered at the time of Hak's block if Lee's ball really had a chance of going in. Duhhh, well, of course it did!

There should be a statue somewhere on campus of that play. (Easier said than done.)

How about a number of other statues or structures situated in such a way, that on April 7th their shadows form that image in the middle of the quad?

 

[bballbeadle]

How about a number of other statues or structures situated in such a way, that on April 7th their shadows form that image in the middle of the quad?

You think like an ancient Egyptian, my friend! Or the Stone Henge-y Celts. It would be awesome! Of course, you realize that the chances are approaching infinity that Syracuse would be covered by clouds every single April 7.

HoustonCuse's idea of analytical software is also genius.Truly, I thought Hak's block was mostly insurance, and I gave little credit that the shot would have actually dropped into the bucket. But now I think differently . . . . Isn't it nice that my codgery old brain still has flexibility?

 

[orangefog]

You think like an ancient Egyptian, my friend! Or the Stone Henge-y Celts. It would be awesome! Of course, you realize that the chances are approaching infinity that Syracuse would be covered by clouds every single April 7.

HoustonCuse's idea of analytical software is also genius.Truly, I thought Hak's block was mostly insurance, and I gave little credit that the shot would have actually dropped into the bucket. But now I think differently . . . . Isn't it nice that my codgery old brain still has flexibility?

That is the slowly deteriorating brain tissue.

 

[Dave85]

That block looms even larger in my fevered memory since the championship game last year. Those two last second shots were daggers for both teams! I wondered at the time of Hak's block if Lee's ball really had a chance of going in. Duhhh, well, of course it did!

There should be a statue somewhere on campus of that play. (Easier said than done.)

It would be really cool if the statue's arm somehow made the blocking motion.

 

[SUforme]