Welcome Guest! Create an Account login email: password: remember me: BASKETBALL Latest News News Archive Schedule/Results Multi-Media Recruiting FOOTBALL Latest News News Archive Schedule/Results Multi-Media Recruiting MESSAGE BOARD Message Home - Ohio Basketball - Ohio Basketball Recruiting - The O Zone - Ohio Football - Ohio Football Recruiting - Ohio Volleyball - Ohio Baseball - Ohio Olympic Sports... - General OU Discussion... - Website Feedback... - Posting Policy Edit My Profile Private Messages Logout CHAT LINKS site searchcontact usabout usadvertise with ushelp Message Board BobcatAttack.com Message Board Ohio Basketball Topic:  Anniversary of Jerome Lane backboard shatter Topic:  Anniversary of Jerome Lane backboard shatter Author Message giacomo General User Member Since: 11/20/2007 Post Count: 2,734 Status: Offline     Anniversary of Jerome Lane backboard shatter    Posted: 1/25/2018 10:54:45 AM  Jerome Lane's glass-shattering dunk still resonates 30 years later http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/Pitt/2018/01/25/pitt-p... I remember when this happened, before the breakaway rims. I had just moved to Pittsburgh. He wasn't that big to bring down the house. Back to Top BillyTheCat General User Member Since: 10/6/2012 Post Count: 10,396 Status: Offline     RE: Anniversary of Jerome Lane backboard shatter    Posted: 1/25/2018 11:48:18 AM  giacomo wrote: Jerome Lane's glass-shattering dunk still resonates 30 years later http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/Pitt/2018/01/25/pitt-p... I remember when this happened, before the breakaway rims. I had just moved to Pittsburgh. He wasn't that big to bring down the house. Hate to tell you but that was a breakaway rim. And Lane was a big powerful man, a freak of nature. He's also the guy that got Akron St. V and their coach Joe Subeticki (sp?) put on probation by the OHSAA. Back to Top SBH General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Post Count: 4,263 Status: Offline     RE: Anniversary of Jerome Lane backboard shatter    Posted: 1/25/2018 12:04:45 PM  I prefer the Jerome Tillman version. Back to Top Ted Thompson Administrator Member Since: 11/11/2004 Location: MAC Play Post Count: 7,720 Status: Offline     RE: Anniversary of Jerome Lane backboard shatter    Posted: 1/25/2018 12:41:37 PM    On this date in 1988.... SEND IT IN, JEROME! pic.twitter.com/H4kBvzBuV8 — ESPN (@espn) January 25, 2018 Follow Ohio Football recruiting on the BobcatAttack.com football recruiting database. Back to Top Ted Thompson Administrator Member Since: 11/11/2004 Location: MAC Play Post Count: 7,720 Status: Offline     RE: Anniversary of Jerome Lane backboard shatter    Posted: 1/25/2018 12:42:36 PM  Sean Miller on the assist. Follow Ohio Football recruiting on the BobcatAttack.com football recruiting database. Back to Top SouthernCat General User Member Since: 1/3/2005 Post Count: 166 Status: Offline     RE: Anniversary of Jerome Lane backboard shatter    Posted: 1/25/2018 12:55:50 PM  Anyone have video of Sanjay Adell's from 98-99 against WVU? I believe he just broke the apparatus. Back to Top SBH General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Post Count: 4,263 Status: Offline     RE: Anniversary of Jerome Lane backboard shatter    Posted: 1/25/2018 1:35:17 PM  I stand corrected. It was Sanjay's dunk I was thinking of. Back to Top shabamon General User Member Since: 11/17/2006 Location: Cincinnati Post Count: 6,852 Status: Offline     RE: Anniversary of Jerome Lane backboard shatter    Posted: 1/25/2018 1:38:21 PM  Even with breakaway rims, you can still break a backboard with enough power. The question is whether the rim is bolted into the backboard versus if the rim is part of the support stanchion. There was an episode of "Sport Science" where they had Amare Stoudemire throw down like 1,000 dunks as hard as he could and the backboard never broke. The reason was that most modern rims are part of the stanchion and don't put any stress on the backboard. The backboard hardly even touches the rim. With rims that are bolted into the backboard, a powerful dunk can put so much stress on the backboard that one crack will cause a chain reaction. Easy way to tell which kind of rim you have is if it looks like a pole is coming out the back of the rim, it's a modern style basket. I always thought the point of breakaway rims was to provide a little bit of give in case a player did a running dunk at high speed, their forward momentum wouldn't swing them so violently. Last Edited: 1/25/2018 1:43:31 PM by shabamon Back to Top OhioCatFan General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Location: Athens, OH Post Count: 14,752 Status: Offline     RE: Anniversary of Jerome Lane backboard shatter    Posted: 1/25/2018 1:56:47 PM  Any video of the "backboard malfunction" at the WVU game in the Convo back, I think, in the Hunter Era. Gal Catlet was the WVU coach at the time. The only BLSS Certified Hypocrite on BA "It is better to be an optimist and be proven a fool than to be a pessimist and be proven right." Note: My avatar is the national colors of the 78th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry, which are now preserved in a climate controlled vault at the Ohio History Connection. Learn more about the old 78th at: http://www.78ohio.org Back to Top giacomo General User Member Since: 11/20/2007 Post Count: 2,734 Status: Offline     RE: Anniversary of Jerome Lane backboard shatter    Posted: 1/25/2018 2:04:33 PM  BillyTheCat wrote: giacomo wrote: Jerome Lane's glass-shattering dunk still resonates 30 years later http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/Pitt/2018/01/25/pitt-p... I remember when this happened, before the breakaway rims. I had just moved to Pittsburgh. He wasn't that big to bring down the house. Hate to tell you but that was a breakaway rim. And Lane was a big powerful man, a freak of nature. He's also the guy that got Akron St. V and their coach Joe Subeticki (sp?) put on probation by the OHSAA. I guess it broke away. Back to Top SBH General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Post Count: 4,263 Status: Offline     RE: Anniversary of Jerome Lane backboard shatter    Posted: 1/25/2018 2:33:16 PM  Didn't Gus Johnson of the Baltimore Bullets (from Akron's Central High School) break a rim with his elbow during a game in 1968 or '69? I seem to remember reading that in one of the greatest basketball books of all time, Dave DeBuscherre's "The Open Man." (Ghost written by Dick Schapp.) Back to Top Alan Swank General User Member Since: 12/11/2004 Location: Athens, OH Post Count: 7,213 Status: Offline     RE: Anniversary of Jerome Lane backboard shatter    Posted: 1/25/2018 5:23:29 PM  SBH wrote: Didn't Gus Johnson of the Baltimore Bullets (from Akron's Central High School) break a rim with his elbow during a game in 1968 or '69? I seem to remember reading that in one of the greatest basketball books of all time, Dave DeBuscherre's "The Open Man." (Ghost written by Dick Schapp.) This video is well worth the watch. Hard to believe Gus and Nate Thurmond were on the same team in high school. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHcrG6gfJhI Back to Top Showing Replies:   1 - 12  of 12 Posts Jump to Page:   1 View Other 'Ohio Basketball' Topics                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               WHO'S ONLINE There are 250 Active Visitors on BobcatAttack.com 250 Guests 0 Registered Users There are no other users looking at this page.

Copyright ©2025 BobcatAttack.com. All rights reserved.  |  Privacy Policy  |  Terms of Use
Partner of USA TODAY Sports Digital Properties