Jack Gohlke left his Pittsburgh hotel room the morning of March 21, 2024, about as anonymous as a college basketball player can be.
By the time he returned that night, Gohlke had gone from Horizon League obscurity to overnight celebrity.
There was only one reason Oakland coach Greg Kampe called upon Gohlke early in the Golden Grizzlies’ first-round NCAA tournament matchup against Kentucky. Gohlke’s job was to launch threes, to bomb away without a conscience. He took 335 shots during the regular season. All but eight were from behind the arc.
Multiple future NBA guards chased Gohlke around screens during Oakland’s stunning 80-76 takedown of Kentucky, but they had no answer for the 24-year-old grad transfer from Division II Hillsdale College.