HOOPS!
Even though I am just 5'2" (or maybe less, lately), I have always loved to shoot hoops and got pretty good at it. My best shots were the long ones, and I was a quick guard. So, I decided to do a basketball mystery cache and include 10 names from the sport that come to my mind first. All you need to do is answer the questions below to find the mystery cache coordinates.
Final coordinates for the cache: N 40 AB.CDE W 75 FG. HIJ
Matching:
1. James Naismith or LeBron James
2. Dave Ulmer
3. Shaquille O'Neal
4. Nate Archibald
5. Shannon Bobbitt
6. Jingle Bells Johnson
7. Michael Jordan, Pat Summitt, or Lauren Jackson
8. Tamika Catchings
9. Miriam "Dunk-It" Westwood
0. Ronnie Lee
A. He was credited with inventing the sport of basketball in 1891 and wrote the first official rules book. In the very first basketball game, a soccer ball was used, and the "hoop" was a peach basket attached to the wall.
B. This former women's college basketball head coach won 8 NCAA championships, surpassed only by 10 for John Wooden and Geno Auriemma. She has also written 3 books, including one about her diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease.
C. This forward for Indiana Fever has been called one of the greatest women's basketball players in the world and has 3 Olympic gold medals. For playing, she wears a tiny pair of athletic hearing aids, but prefers lip reading in her daily life. I relate to her because I also wear hearing aids.
D. In the 70's, I enjoyed watching this hoops player. He looked so "tiny" while playing on the court, and he was such a speedy and shifty guard. (I found out later that he is 6 foot 1.) In the 72-73 season, he led the NBA in scoring and assists, becoming the only player to win the titles in both categories in the same season.
E. At McArthur Court, in the 70's during grad school, I watched the Kamikaze Kids play under coach Dick Harter. I especially enjoyed following this player who is, at this writing, still the all-time leading scorer for the Ducks. He was inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 1998. Go Ducks!
F. She is presently known as the shortest ever player in the WNBA and is the same height as the CO of this cache. She has also played professionally for Turkey, Poland and Israel.
G. His jersey number in high school was 45, but later, he chose number 23, which is half of 45, rounded up. He wore the number 12 just one night when the Bulls played Orlando, because his jersey was stolen.
H. In 2015, this Cleveland Cavalier became the youngest NBA player in history to score 24,000 points.
I. Besides starring in commercials, this gregarious, renowned, retired basketball player also starred in 3 movies. It has been said that when asked whether he had visited the Parthenon during his trip to Greece, he replied, "I can't really remember the names of the clubs that we went to." He is known for his comical remarks during press conferences.
J. One of the most famous basketball players in her country, if this Aussie goes to the 2016 summer games in Rio, it will be her fifth Olympics.
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