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See a High Schooler Score the Game-Winning Basket…For the Wrong Team!

Basketball Player Ryan Potocnik Scores Basket for Wrong TeamThis is painful to watch. Almost unbelievable. And you’ll probably feel bad for the kid by the end.

Ryan Potocnik, a high school senior, is a good basketball player. But for a moment, he made a very bad decision. His team, the Charlotte Christian Knights, was up 57-56 over the Norcross Blue Devils with 20 seconds left to go in a tournament in Georgia. In that time, Potocnik got the ball but started running the wrong way. Luckily, the ball was knocked out of bounds by the opponent. But unluckily, he got the ball again on the inbound and continued running the wrong way. He got to the basket and laid the ball in.

Here’s how SportsGrid describes it:

Apparently, he’d been going the wrong way on the play before, but caught a break when the ball went out of bounds. His coaches never pointed out to him that he was going the wrong way, however, and after getting an inbounds pass, he laid it in on the wrong hoop. Norcross (the other team) would sink two free throws to win the game 60-57.

Now here’s the heartbreaking moment (it starts at the 30-second mark):

Comments (52)

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  • bremarti
    Posted on February 1, 2012 at 8:35pm

    Pistol Pete strikes again!

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  • Boomer52
    Posted on February 1, 2012 at 6:01pm

    Caca occurs….Learn and move on!

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  • lisa2994
    Posted on February 1, 2012 at 4:50pm

    @godhatesacoward
    I am still learning about football! LOL

    Yeah it wasn’t a touchdown just two points but still!

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    • rangerp
      Posted on February 1, 2012 at 5:00pm

      No Big Deal, I saw much worse a few years ago and on a much larger scale.

      Millions of Americans scored points for the opposing team. they went to the voting booth, and voted for Obama.

      They scored points for communists the world over, they scored points for muslims, the slammed dunked for socialists, they ran touchdowns for the anti semetic, they hit a homerun for anti christians, they did a free throw for free loaders, they got a hole in one for the homosexuals, …..

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    • sundance_sp
      Posted on February 1, 2012 at 7:05pm

      Eh, trust me, this does happen from time to time. But, it’s obvious that maybe BB, or any sport requiring concentration is not this kids best pursuit. Geez, I’d hate to be him in the locker room after the game.. geez, poor kid.

      Uh, “RANGERP”, if you are indeed a man who served our country faithfully, and trusted “tradition” in the military, I really feel for you bro, I thank you too for your service. But, it’s all too obvious that with the inbreeding and bloodletting thanks to Clinton,,, then the softness of Bush’s faux Conservatism,,, now Obama? Trust me,, there are many of us civilians who are very disgusted by the events going on in the military,, from allowing homosexuals to serve openly (or to serve at all for that matter) to allowing an atheist group to put on a concert on a military base,,, oh, and to advertise the fact. The atheists decided to kick it up a notch with a nice church burning video.. Trust me,, there are many of us civilians that are very much disgusted!!! God save us!

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    • rangerp
      Posted on February 1, 2012 at 7:29pm

      @sundance_sp

      Every day I get up and go to work, I wonder if it might be the day that speaking the truth causes me to lose my job. That day is coming, and I have no doubt about it. We have a military that runs on PC Kool Aid these days.

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  • YesNdeedie
    Posted on February 1, 2012 at 4:47pm

    What public schools are failing to teach left from right now?

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  • IhaveOneToo
    Posted on February 1, 2012 at 4:37pm

    I went the wrong way once.

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  • sfitzgerald22
    Posted on February 1, 2012 at 4:10pm

    I coached for years and have seen this happen two other times. Both coaches were among the best around, but sometimes strange things just happen. This kid will survive and laugh about it years later at his reunions…

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  • tmbell87
    Posted on February 1, 2012 at 4:09pm

    That sucks. Tough break kid

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  • johnrem
    Posted on February 1, 2012 at 4:07pm

    Not news worthy. You can go to any high school game and find a kid that makes a mistake that will cost his team a game or himself embarrassment.It is terrible that the video would be posted here, where I come to find real news

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  • MikeTheNuke
    Posted on February 1, 2012 at 3:35pm

    Hey Mr. Seidl,

    Understanding the ruthless nature of kids these days, how about we find another of the thousands of suitable “newsworthy” sport stories and spare this kid the added humiliation.

    If this was a pro athlete, they would certainly deserve the derision and knee-slapping that would rightly accompany this spectacle, but this is a teenage student who happens to play basketball.

    End of story.

    It would be nice if some consideration of “mercy” would enter your calculus.

    Does Glenn still work there or own the place? Hmmmm.

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    • Uranium Wedge
      Posted on February 1, 2012 at 4:09pm

      Wow this is real news worthy…
      In case no one can tell, I was being sarcastic.

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  • UBETHECHANGE
    Posted on February 1, 2012 at 3:30pm

    I bet he won’t do that again. Man up, learn from your mistakes, and move on.

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  • jujubeebee
    Posted on February 1, 2012 at 3:06pm

    I feel sorry for him….not only does he have to contend with his classmates….it is now on the internet, along with his name.

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    • Cavy from VA
      Posted on February 1, 2012 at 3:27pm

      Dazed and Confused … but I like his “Sticktuitiveness” could have been the game winner for his team!! Never give up!!

      TEA!

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    • rangerp
      Posted on February 1, 2012 at 3:31pm

      Big Deal, I saw much worse a few years ago and on a much larger scale.

      Millions of Americans scored points for the opposing team. they went to the voting booth, and voted for Obama.

      They scored points for communists the world over, they scored points for muslims, the slammed dunked for socialists, they ran touchdowns for the anti semetic, they hit a homerun for anti christians, they did a free throw for free loaders, they got a hole in one for the homosexuals, …..

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  • REPUBLICANINCALI
    Posted on February 1, 2012 at 3:02pm

    Give that man a trophy.

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  • lisa2994
    Posted on February 1, 2012 at 3:00pm

    You should have seen our quarterback (a professional) run too far back and make a touchdown for the other team. Did happen! Thanks Romo! lol

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  • 1791TR
    Posted on February 1, 2012 at 2:25pm

    My son did this. He was a All Ohio basketball player. Lucky it was just a scrimage game. Not many people there. But he heard about it all year.

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  • Lucifers Hammer
    Posted on February 1, 2012 at 2:18pm

    It’s absolutely presidential. Word has it that O has been laying it the wrong basket for years. Ever notice how angry MO is and how happy O is to be sweating with other men?

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  • Baddoggy
    Posted on February 1, 2012 at 2:13pm

    His life will suck for a while…

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  • LeadNotFollow
    Posted on February 1, 2012 at 2:10pm

    …
    I feel sad for the kid. Hope he doesn’t take it too hard. Everyone makes mistakes.

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    • BAPDCO
      Posted on February 1, 2012 at 2:59pm

      Jim Marshall, Minnesota Vikings. Ran the wrong way with a fumble recovery and scored points for the opposition. It happens. :) Hope he doesn’t get berated for this (too much)

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  • blackstone22
    Posted on February 1, 2012 at 2:05pm

    this to shall pass. onward. we all make mistakes.

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  • 912er
    Posted on February 1, 2012 at 2:01pm

    Sounds like what will happen if Newt is the nominee… (or Romney, or Paul)

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    • Jefferson
      Posted on February 1, 2012 at 3:26pm

      Stated like a true Frothy-Bot.

      Psst….There’s a Muslim hiding under your bed.
      !!!BOO!!!
      Gingobamaneytorum = More of the same.

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  • noproblems
    Posted on February 1, 2012 at 2:00pm

    Nice. Hope when your kids makes a mistake that is get national attention.

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    • DRSAVAGE24
      Posted on February 1, 2012 at 2:18pm

      Yeah, very nice Blaze…making a national story out of a kid’s devastating mistake?

      Wasn’t his team already behind when he made that basket? Scoreboard said they were losing 57-56, so when he made that basket they’d be down 59-56, right? No guarantee they’d have tied it anyway, so unless the scoreboard was wrong it’s disingenuous to say he scored the winning basket for the other team. They were already behind.

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  • ModerationIsBest
    Posted on February 1, 2012 at 1:53pm

    lol

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  • Mattsbay18
    Posted on February 1, 2012 at 1:44pm

    Wanna get away?

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  • Rowgue
    Posted on February 1, 2012 at 1:38pm

    Haha.

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  • scuba13
    Posted on February 1, 2012 at 1:36pm

    Hey look it’s Encinom and Monicne oldest son.

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  • cessna152
    Posted on February 1, 2012 at 1:35pm

    That’s why Whitey should stick with hockey…just sayin’

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    • Stevsea
      Posted on February 1, 2012 at 2:07pm

      just sayin’, just sayin’, just sayin’…what are you 12 years old with that?

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    • LeadNotFollow
      Posted on February 1, 2012 at 2:15pm

      …
      The game of basketball was created by a whitey, and used to be played by all whites.

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