March Madness: Teams Built to Beat the Syracuse Orangemen

Friday, March 05 2010

One of the most memorable scenes in the movie "Hoosiersā€¯ depicted Gene Hackman surrounded by Hickory High's players in their pregame locker room. Hickory was a tiny school in a farming community and they were getting ready to take the floor against Indiana high school powerhouse and prohibitive favorite South Bend Central in a game for the Indiana State Championship.

Just before taking the court, the town pastor came in for the team prayer. After the customary "Our Fatherā€¯, he added this little biblical ditty:

"And David put his hand in the bag and took out a stone and slung it. And it struck the Philistine on the head and he fell to the ground. Amen.ā€¯

The David and Goliath passage was perfect for the situation and the rest, as they say, is history.

There will be many a prayer said in the pregame locker rooms of the teams getting ready for the Madness. And quite frankly, I'm a sucker for biblical stone throwing, but in the big dance I'm more...
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