I remember the doctor saying like, man, if you would have came like a couple days later, like, you might have lost your leg.

I literally was at my knees going, what?

My close to ball. The Gansy, great touch, pass Sally. Slam dunk.

Hello, and welcome to West Virginia, Mike Gansy.

That sophomore year was a very, very dark year of my basketball career.

It was horrific.

They called him a traitor and that was a crushing blow that day for me as mom.

A member of the Gold Medal World University Games team and finalist for the Oscar

Robertson, John Wooden and Naismith Awards, Mike Gensie. As you walked away, I just said, Mike, I love you. That was it.

First one is up in the air. Go on.

Seventy-seven, 76, Gansy points into the sky.

West Virginia is going to win this game, folks.

If things come easy, it's not always good.

You got to have those obstacles. That's how you learn and grow. The Mike Gansm Folks. If things come easy, it's, that's not always good.

You've got to have those obstacles.

That's how you learn and grow.

The Mike Gansy story is presented by the Mountaineer Athletic Club and their Time to Climb campaign.

Hi, it's Tony Carritti, and thank you for joining us for the Mike Gansy story.

We're calling it Driveway Dreamer.

You'll learn why once you listen. And before that, I wanted to share some info on the Mountaineer Athletic Club's Time to Climb campaign. It's a program that's been created to help

WVU Athletics compete with the other Big 12 schools. Even though West Virginia University

has the sixth most alums in the conference, we're dead last in the number of people that

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