Thursday was the 30-year anniversary of Jerome Lane’s dunk that shattered the backboard in the middle of game from his playing days at Pittsburgh. Famous broadcaster Bill Raftery was on the broadcast call for that game and said the famous line, “send it in Jerome!” Who was the one that assisted Lane? Sean Miller. The Pitt point guard grabbed the loose ball on defense and pushed it up the court and dished it to Lane, which resulted in a busted backboard.
Sean Miller on the 30-year anniversary of his pass to Jerome Lane that led to a shattered backboard. pic.twitter.com/q67aLoA6i6
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“It’s starting to for the first time in my life make me feel old,” Miller said. “For me, it means that I’ve been on 30 consecutive college basketball teams; player, assistant, head coach. I guess that counts for something. That was a big moment, a magical moment. ... It keeps us alive. As we get fat, old, no one believes that you played. We have tremendous credibility that we were out there at one time playing.
