Nothing Left to Chance

I remember how Coach Carter covered every detail in preparing for games. Before we played in the state tournament in the Macon Auditorium, we had special additions to our practice one day. The Macon Auditorium had a balcony that was level with the glass backboards, so when you were shooting free throws, you could see all the fans waving and screaming. To get us used to this, he had several B team boys climb up on the bars behind our backboards and sit there and wave and yell while we practiced shooting free throws. This is another example of how careful attention to detail helped us win 132 games in a row!

Sissy Riley Martin