MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The cameras and voice recorders were all pointed at Kevin Jones on that November day in 2011, hanging on every word after he set West Virginia’s career record for offensive rebounds.
“I just want to thank my teammates,” Jones began, before a big smile broke out across his face. “for missing all of those shots for me to rebound.”
Jones still laughs about the moment seven years later.
“That was a spur of the moment thing. I didn’t have that planned out,” he said. “If you really think about it, I wouldn’t have been able to get that record if they didn’t miss a bunch of shots.