SHERMAN DOUGLAS REVOLUTIONIZED THE ALLEY-OOP IN COLLEGE BASKETBALL - ALL-MET ELITE

SHERMAN DOUGLAS

 REVOLUTIONIZED

THE ALLEY-OOP

IN

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

ALL-MET ELITE

SHERMAN DOUGLAS
SPINGARN HS.
N.E. WASHINGTON D.C.
SYRACUSE Univ. #20

 

Sherman Douglas graduated from Springarn High School in Washington D.C., the same school that Dave Bing attended. Douglas was not highly recruited, with Syracuse being the only Division 1 school to offer him a scholarship. Douglas showed himself to be able to run the fast break as well as any player in the country. His trademark was the alley-oop pass, lobbing the ball up near the hoop as sky-walker Stevie Thompson or big men Derrick Coleman and Rony Seikaly would slam it home. Douglas would become Syracuse’s all time leading scorer (later to be broken) and would become the NCAA’s all-time assist leader (again, later to be broken).