THE GAME OF THE CENTURY -
You Decide
by Chad Kodama
Introduction-
People say this was the best buzzer-beater game in NCAA tournament history. There is less than five seconds left to go in the game and the team with the ball is down by one. Both teams are exhausted and you can see the sweat dripping off their intense faces. It all comes down to this. All the off-season work, all the early morning lifting, all the summer pickup games, all the two-a-days at the beginning of the season. It all comes down to this last possession.
Task-
This is your chance to make the call. All those times you have gotten into arguments about which game you thought was the best, well now its your chance to decide and tell everybody. You will be given several games to choose from and you will then have to go and look up information about each one to justify your pick. You will be provided with the websites. You should read through each game to make sure that you are making the right choice.
Process-
Here is the list of games you have to choose from:
Duke vs. Kentucky 1991
Washington vs. Connecticut 1998
Syracuse vs. Georgia 1996
UCLA vs. Missouri 1995
Mississippi vs. Valparaiso 1998
Now go research each game and then pick which one you think was the best.
Once you have made your choice then you have to come up with facts and stats that help support your pick.
You are now required to write a half-page on why you picked this game instead of any of the other ones. Be sure to include stats about the game that you feel are important and help justify your pick. If I were you I would talk about the leading scores and the different lead changes and so on.
Websites:
Evaluation
You will be graded on how much thought and effort that you put into this assignment. There is not just one right answer. Any answer can be a correct one if it is backed up by useful stats and facts.
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GRADE |
REQUIREMENTS |
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A |
Well thought out paper with lots of stats and facts |
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B |
Well thought out plan with some stats and facts |
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C |
Thought out plan with a couple stats and facts |
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D |
A plan with very few facts or stats |
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F |
Nothing at all |
Conclusion
By completing this assignment, you have just entered a whole new level of basketball competence. The NCAA tournament is one of the most watched sports events each year. You will now have the upper hand in any conversation that involves the NCAA tournament and great games. You will have this knowledge forever and nobody can take it from you.