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The Hog Pod with Bo Mattingly

121. Keith Smart: In Remission

The Hog Pod with Bo Mattingly

Sport & Story

Arkansas, Hogs, Sports, Razorbacks

4.81K Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2021

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

When people in the basketball world hear the name Keith Smart, they think of the Indiana guard that made 'The Shot' to win a national title, a long-time NBA coach and a former JUCO star. But apart from all of his on-court accolades, Keith Smart is something more. He's a cancer survivor. We sat down with Coach Smart to talk about how battling and beating a rare form of skin cancer changed his perspective on life and coaching forever.

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0:00.0

Indiana Controls, Keith Mark, on Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

0:05.0

He's come close to home to play in a...

0:07.0

I tell you the strangest thing in the world, and I tell people this all the time,

0:10.0

I have played that game many times before I got to that moment.

0:14.0

Because once I got into that moment, it was, you know, people talk about a zone that an athlete or whomever may get into where things slow down for you.

0:22.0

And that was one of those moments you know you have

0:24.2

games where everything is moving in a slow motion I started seeing something prior to all

0:28.5

of that.

0:30.5

Eight seconds to go on the spot baseline jump shot the air go

0:33.0

four seconds three seconds two seconds

0:36.4

one the hundreds upon the national championship And there is a lot of money.

0:50.0

Welcome into the hogpot. I'm Bo Maddingly and this episode is made possible by

0:54.6

our friends at First Security Bank, Sarazan Resort, Lindsay Golf, and

0:59.2

Abilita Maria. When you hear the name Keith Smart you probably think Indiana Guard who made the

1:08.9

shot to win a national championship. Smart takes the shot and the Hersha is with 40 seconds.

1:16.1

But did you know he's also the kid who was cut from his high school basketball team?

1:20.1

That's what wasn't the factor because I played it, but only because my friends played it.

1:24.0

And also had to go the Juco route before finding his way to D1 ball.

1:28.6

Smart. Short jumper.

1:29.6

It's good. Smart gets his second basket.

1:32.4

March one of the best players.

1:34.0

Also the professional player and NBA coach.

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