After Joey Calcaterra, Connecticut’s brash, sharpshooting guard, swished an open 3-pointer late in the first half of a Final Four game on Saturday, making a Miami defender pay for an ill-advised gamble, he slapped hands with Coach Dan Hurley.
Calcaterra continued downcourt, barking all the way — at an opponent, at the crowd, at the moon? As Sam Scholl watched the full Joey California experience play out, all he could do was smile and shake his head.
A year ago, Scholl and Calcaterra had uncertain futures together.
Scholl had just been fired as coach at the University of San Diego, where he was a basketball walk-on in the late 1990s.