Skiles to Polec

Watch MIchigan State's Scott Skiles deliver a wrap around pass to Larry Polec during a 1986 NCAA tournament game Georgetown

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[torr5962]

this is the game he told Horace Broadnax to "Shut the F*ck up, motherf*cker" on the inbounds. Tough guy.

[americanaccents]

Doug Collins, Hall of Fame Sixer, and I'd say he's pretty damn good having gone from a few years behind the Bulls bench, back to broadcasting and is still there today.

[willmullin]

my favorite all time pass...he has another alley-oop from a spartan game which I only saw once.

[Ariamaluum]

Scott Skiles had more than John Stockton except for one thing. He didn't like to play defense. He got kicked out of school for alcohol and marijuana possession. He turned his life around but became a control freak.

[schellshocker16]

Skiles was cold this game until the second half, then scored 18 of his 24 points. Georgetown players were talking a bit of smack to Skiles in the first half, so when he got hot, he told Coach John Thompson - "Clear your bench, bring the rest of them out here to guard me. You don't have anybody to guard me."

[Moegreen4]

I remember watching this game live with my dad. I was 10. Back in that time you just didnt see many passes like that.

[cbaldwinjr]

Racist? How do you figure? Larry Bird talked legendary smack when he played...now he acts as if it never happened. Danny Ainge was a gunner of epic proportions, but now it's all about the team. Same goes for Mike Dunleavy, Rick Adelman, Randy Wittman, etc. The only guy who truly coaches like he played is Jerry Sloan. That guy was harder than iron on the court. All these other coaches demand things THEY didn't do when they played...my point being made here by Scott Skiles

[chillbullox]

Great job being racist.

[JackChalice]

I could watch this 2,000 times.

To paraphrase the good Doctor, "It seems like a lifetime, or at least a Main Era — the kind of peak that never comes again. Michigan suburbs in the middle eighties was a very special time and place to be a part of. Maybe it meant something. Maybe not, in the long run . . . but no explanation, no mix of words or music or memories can touch that sense of knowing that you were there and alive in that corner of time and the world. Whatever it meant. . . . "

[cbaldwinjr]

I think dude was talking about Gary Bender, the play-by-play guy. And what's funny is Scott Skiles talks a whole lot of crap about being hard nosed and fundamentally sound and got on Charlie Villanueva for using Twitter at a halftime and what do you see? Lots of mustard on the hot dog when he played. Amazing how hypocritical these white coaches are

[baxwest]

Skiles' best taunt came in a game against Michigan, when he told Antoine Joubert "Show me what you got, Fat Boy!" as Joubert brought the ball up the court.