Basketball, Basketball Playoffs - Sunday, March 14, 2010 3:34 - 1 Comment

Redmen Shoot Their Way to Boys’ Div I Title

Jonas Emilsson
www.KramMag.com

Coming into Saturday night’s senior boys’ Div I final, Western Canada’s Redmen forward Nebojsa Kuljic was a nervous wreck.

He felt anxious, sick to his stomach and excited all at the same time.

“It was funny,” said Redmen’s head coach Steve Wibe. “He was so nervous, and we told him to trust his teammates, and I think he took confidence in his teammates and that allowed him to play his game.

How exactly did he respond?

Only by putting together his best game of the season, maybe of his life.

The 6’4” guard found a way to channel his pre-game emotions and ended up exploding for 20 first-half points, including six three pointers.

“I was about to puke, honestly,” said Kuljic with a laugh. “Like five times in the shoot-around before the game I grabbed my gut, grabbed my throat, I couldn’t say a word. But once the game started I stopped thinking and things just started to roll.”

Roll they did, and not just for Kuljic.

The entire Redmen team put together a near perfect game to capture the city championship Continue…