A STRING OF 127 FREE THROWS WAS MERCIFULLY A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME FEAT
John Garrity
April 29, 1985
Steve Alford, Indiana University's star guard, wasn't joking. I had asked him what phase of his game might improve in this, his sophomore season, and he said, "My free-throw shooting."
I was calm as I edged my toe up to the foul line, glanced up at the basket, felt the rhythm—grab, bounce, lift, release...and watched a perfect shot with perfect spin thrown perfectly straight hit the back of the rim and ricochet all the way back to me at the foul line.
Funny thing about that season: I never did put together a good string.