We put in that situation and then actually have the opportunity to be the person to make this

side. It just kind of makes you think where you're rehearsing at that time when you were young

or what you're preparing. And so I've always liked to think that I was just being prepared for the moment and when I got Bo Mattingly and this episode is made

possible by our friend at Vold Vision, Saracen Resort, and South by Northwest Hospitality.

It was 30 years ago, a shot was made the shot that sealed Arkansas basketball's national championship

right side Thurman he's open for three good and the man behind it, Scotty Thurman.

Thurman and he's got another three.

Scotty Thurman with 20 points.

Thurman was a prolific high school and college player, a 40 plus percent three-point

shooter.

Oh, this is a game of horse.

A thousand point scorer, freshman all All American, and of course, a national champion.

Arkansas wins a national championship.

After two consecutive trips to the championship game in a 500 plus point season,

to the surprise of many Arkansas fans, Thurman declared for the NBA draft.

But what made him leave Arkansas a year early?

The one thing that I learned from my grandmother and my grandfather who was a pastor

and say if you want to make God laugh telling me your plans, I stopped making plans a long time ago.

I just try to make preparations.

And why did he never play a game in the NBA?

That was tough for me to deal with, to be honest. You know, I struggled with, you know, a lot of things at that time.

What made him hang up his professional career? with a lot of things at that time.

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