FAYETTEVILLE — Michael Collyar didn't play basketball for the Arkansas Razorbacks, but he hit one of the most memorable shots ever in Bud Walton Arena.
It was during a halftime contest for fans sponsored by the athletic department on Jan. 8, 2002, when the Razorbacks beat Mississippi State 75-64.
Collyar, then 22, banked in a half-court shot after hitting a layup, free throw and three-pointer to win $10,000.
The half-court shot may have been forgotten long ago except for the controversy that quickly followed.
Matt Shanklin, then the Razorbacks' assistant athletic director for marketing, waved off the shot because Collyar had slightly stepped over the half-court line.