Here are a few clips from the Intercollegiate basketball grand final (aka in America: championship) between Ormond and University College. There were 12 teams in the tournament, and we were seeded no. 1 in our pool after winning the league games. We crushed every team that opposed us (by a lot). This game was the closest game of the whole competition and we still won by 12! I was one of four US-born guys on the team, and we had a couple other guys who played a lot of ball when they were younger. Aussie's usually grow up playing footy instead of basketball so having a 6 men with solid fundamentals definitely gave us an edge against the other colleges.
I'm wearing my lucky number 32 and you can see me score an easy basket as I'm fouled in this clip right after the camera zooms away from the scoreboard. I brick the 3-point play free-throw :-( but at least forced a steal right after the rebound! And even though the 3-point line is a few inches farther back than in the states, I still got the touch and dropped one from downtown in the second half :-)
Next clip shows the end of the game and you can hear someone shout "where's 32?!"
This last clip captures Ormond fans and players gathering after to sing our college's anthem and cheer. This was a really exciting experience! Go Ormond!
I accidentally put the clip on twice when I compressed the video file to fit on the blog. If it's not already obvious, the second half is the same as the first half!
PS. Thanks Kaitlyn for shooting video and taking pics during the game!
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