DALLAS — One would play Sherron Collins and throw the pass. One would play Mario Chalmers and sink the shot. Then they’d switch. Clayton Custer and Ben Richardson were sixth graders in suburban Kansas City when Chalmers hit a three-pointer to force overtime against Memphis and help Kansas win a national title, and middle schoolers in Kansas City circa 2008 were duty-bound to reenact Mario’s Miracle whenever they had spare time and a hoop nearby.
As the clock hurtled toward zero Saturday, one half of the guard tandem from Overland Park, Kan., launched a shot that will get reenacted in metro Kansas City and in metro Chicago for years.