# HS student makes winning basket in overtime to cap perfect season, then collapses and dies **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 4, 2011, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hs-student-makes-winning-basket-in-overtime-to-cap-perfect-season-then-collapses-and-dies/573511 "2011-03-04T19:32:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2011, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hs-student-makes-winning-basket-in-overtime-to-cap-perfect-season-then-collapses-and-dies/573511/21 "2011-03-06T06:25:15Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > Unreasonable for an adult, no. But it’s pretty damn \*unusual \*for a 16 year old. At that age, the tall ones tend to be scrawny or obese. Muscle mass develops in late adolescence. And, as I said, it’s concerning mostly because he’s always been so big that people remember it. Hyperthyroidism, hyperpituitary, gigantism…lots of “excessive growth and metabolism” conditions - or even just being a huge kid - can do this sort of thing to a heart, and a cardiac ultrasound is a noninvasive inexpensive test that should, IMHO, be done at a physical for athletic participation, especially on these big kids. What about genetics? What’s the rest of the family like? I’ve been 6’2" since I was 16; my dad is 5’11" and my brothers are 6’4" and 6’6". ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2011, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hs-student-makes-winning-basket-in-overtime-to-cap-perfect-season-then-collapses-and-dies/573511/22 "2011-03-08T16:16:05Z")
FWIW, his team won its first round game in the district tournament last night. Not sure how far they can go minus one starter but they at least got the first one. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hs-student-makes-winning-basket-in-overtime-to-cap-perfect-season-then-collapses-and-dies/573511/23 "2011-03-09T20:43:11Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > A person can be physically mature at 16. In my case, I had reached my adult height by 14 and by 16 looked entirely adult - which, physically, I was. It’s a little unusual for a boy/man to be completely mature at 16 but not unheard of. Pictures of him show someone I’d call a man, not a child, if I saw him without knowing his age. > [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > What about genetics? What’s the rest of the family like? I’ve been 6’2" since I was 16; my dad is 5’11" and my brothers are 6’4" and 6’6". Likewise, when I was a highschool freshman, everyone thought I was a senior. I’d already been 6’2" for many years by that point, since the end of 6th grade. ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2011, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hs-student-makes-winning-basket-in-overtime-to-cap-perfect-season-then-collapses-and-dies/573511/24 "2011-03-12T15:10:37Z")
Fennville [won the District championship (Class C)](http://www.freep.com/article/20110312/HSS/103120447/Grieving-Fennville-wins-again?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CSports) last night, and advanced to the Regional semifinal. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hs-student-makes-winning-basket-in-overtime-to-cap-perfect-season-then-collapses-and-dies/573511/25 "2011-03-14T02:13:04Z")
This will be definitely made into a movie. I hope his family gets all the proceeds from it. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hs-student-makes-winning-basket-in-overtime-to-cap-perfect-season-then-collapses-and-dies/573511/26 "2011-03-14T17:25:05Z")
From what I’ve seen of their cultural memes, I’d guess this kid’s story will go over big in Japan. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hs-student-makes-winning-basket-in-overtime-to-cap-perfect-season-then-collapses-and-dies/573511.md?page=1)