Clint Johnson (born in Fish Branch, Florida) is an American author of nonfiction, primarily about the American Civil War. He is a graduate of the University of Florida. (wikipedia)
The year before I got there, KU was in the final four. At that time there were only 32 teams in the tournament. So you had to be one of the best to get in. It wasn't like today where the no. 1 seed plays a 16 seed that barely had a .500 season.
We just had a lot of good athletes at the time. We won league in just about everything. It was one of those time periods where top to bottom, senior class to sophomore, there were a lot of good athletes.
I think it's when you grow up near a place like that and you have an opportunity to go there, how could you not?
The word was that I was going to be drafted by Golden State. But that just didn't happen. So I tried out for a free agent team which I made.
My role changed. I was the play-maker again. In college I usually had the toughest defensive assignments. I was back to scoring 20 points a game so it was fun.
It reminded me of my senior year at Leavenworth. I was the go-to-guy there too.
That's something very special to me. I remember one game they announced the player ahead of me and the crowd just exploded. I swear I moved a foot on the bench.
I don't know how many teams have the H-3 any more. But under him it was hustle, hustle, hustle. It was also about that time when the saying 'Be a Pioneer, be a champion' came out. And the community started getting involved more too.
I grew up with Wayne's father. We played against each other on the playground.
After my junior year coach Zacher came to me and said 'I was talking to the coaches at KU and they said they were interested in you.
