Weekend Focus: Still Dancing - Smart, Grizzlies Forever Fond of NCAA Tournament Feats

Grind City Media

MEMPHIS – March was made to celebrate basketball memories.

And the curator of arguably the greatest moment in the history of the NCAA Tournament now resides in Memphis as an assistant coach for the Grizzlies. Thirty years ago in New Orleans, Baton Rouge native Keith Smart would forever etch his name in college basketball lore with a play that fans from all generations still simply refer to as “The Shot.”

That night in 1987 would provide Smart the greatest sports feat of his life. That tends to happen when someone drills the most clutch basket the NCAA Tournament has ever known in that championship game against Syracuse.