This set an NCAA record btw. They ended up shooting 40 of 111 and didn’t take a single two point shot. Grinnell College also had a player score 138 points in one game 10 years ago, so it seems like they like to have fun.

My brother went to this school. He would often see signs around campus that said stuff like "You score 100 points in a game. We score 100 points in a half." They also at one point had a style they called "Goon ball". They would literally not have a player go down the floor to play defense. They'd just have him stand under his own basket the entire game. As soon as the other team scored, they'd just throw the inbounds pass to the player at the other end of the floor. After that happened a couple of times the other team would have to leave a player back in order to try and intercept the inbounds pass. Completely messing up their offensive gameplan, because they wouldn't have any plays set up with only four players. They called it "Goon ball" because at one point the player that would just stand under the basket complained to the coach. "Can I please do something else? I feel like a goon just standing out there doing nothing." It also kept teams from slowing the ball down on the offensive end, because with only four players back on defense, the open player would want to score when he was left open, so he would either have to receive the pass and just stand there dribbling or go and score. Leading to Grinnell being able to get the game back to up tempo offense it wants.

Just a note before people talk about how stupid this is: they know. They choose a specific game every so often to try to break a record, like Jack Taylor's 138 point bomb. They knew exactly what they were doing. (it isn't a coincidence that they never took a non-3 shot)

Coach was like "only take 3's, you cant miss em all" 😂

The play style and intense focus on fun and the "Why the heck not" mentality reminds me of the 253 to 141 game between Troy St and DeVry

They literally passed up open layups for 3s. Wildest shit I’ve ever see in a “competitive” basketball game

What's incredible is these are mostly solid shot attempts, nothing too forced. And they have a lot of room. How in the heck does the defense not adjust???

The definition of "Live by the three. Die by the three." And boy are they living!

This is exactly how John Basketball envisioned his creation to be played

Oh hey, this was the team of that guy who scored 138 points in a game! They've got a real unique play style, they substitute every player in & out of the game every few minutes to keep 'em ready for playing time. Glad to see it's still working out for them!

"The number eclipsed the 109 3-point shots Troy attempted in its infamous game against DeVry on Jan. 12, 1992, when the Trojans won 258-141 in what is still the highest-scoring game in NCAA history. Grinnell didn't just shoot a lot of 3s Thursday night; the Pioneers made them. They were 40-of-111 from the field, shot 51.1% in the second half, and their total made 3s is second in NCAA history behind the 42 they made against Emmaus in 2018. " One player was 12/24 on threes also

0:47 man’s was under the basket with no defenders and he still kicked it out 💀

Grinnell always seem to do this against a non-NCAA team. Emmaus Bible College is NCCAA. Faith Baptist (who Jack Taylor scored 138 against) is also NCCAA. They originated what is known as The System (which a few other teams use such as Greenville who won a game 200-149 in 2019). They have 5 statistical goals they try to reach: Shoot 100 shots per game, With at least half coming from 3, Force 32 turnovers, Shoot 30 times more than their opponent, and Rebound at least 33% of their missed shots on offense. That means they play a hyper press and if you can break it you'll usually get an easy layup. They'll constantly sub players out like hockey, no one usually plays more than 20 minutes (unless they're specifically trying to do something like Jack Taylor's 100 point games or Patrick Maher having 37 assists in a 2014 game)

Bro their program needs a whole documentary, coach must be a legend

This is what old heads think the current NBA is like 😂

This is how the 2018 Rockets should've been

From the college the brought you 138, comes an epic adventure of passing up layups for three pointers. We now present to you, 3 points of repetition. Only available in the Grindell gymnasium (and every other basketball stadium in the US).

Exactly what James Naismith himself had in mind when he invented this game over a century ago.

A buddy of mine from high school is on this team. Very cool to see their success Edit: his name is Sean Murphy, he’s a freshman guard with the number 11

I have a couple of friends who went to this school. I did a double-take when I saw their school make headlines with this game lol. Never expected to see them on this channel that’s for sure.

As an Iowan with family roots in Grinnell, this is a fine sight to see

Yes, Grinnell plays like this consistently. Their coach recruits 3point shooters who aren’t going D1 and teaches them to launch a 3 ASAP on every possession. Basically trying to invent Curry’s game back when he was still just Del’s kid.

I mean hell, if it ain’t broke don’t fix it.

40 out of 111 is actually pretty good. 36% from 3.

Thank you for this upload, insane they didn't just shoot at least 1 2pointer out of habit.

They attempted a three every 21.6 seconds. There was another team on the court that game by the way, and they still had 67 points

i've always wanted a team to try this

Ok so 40 for 111 is 36% from 3. If my math is correct that's the equivalent of shooting 54% from inside the line. Not exactly a groundbreaking percentage but you'll win a lot of games with those numbers. I'm guessing the chances of an offensive rebound go up a little as well with all the long shots. I'm surprised more teams don't try this

D3 ball is for the love the game for real

0:46 lol wide open layup, nah three pointers only this game. I love it

It’d be so demoralizing as the other team to see them pass up free layups just to smack a 3 in your face

It went from 57-44 to 101-52🥶

The equivalent to Florida's March Madness "Only Dunks" speedrun

Emmaus put out a podcast about it, and the coaches said they weren’t offended by it at all, but rather that it was possibly just more publicity for Emmaus, so yeah, some say it was a cheap move by Grinnell (especially ESPN) but Emmaus is taking it pretty lightly. No need to be offended for them

It's bad that the defense wasn't able to adjust.

It sounds l8ke they took two random fans and had them commentator the game

They are "pioneers" indeed alright. I love their style. I don't care that some people or experts think this is not "real" basketball. Playing in that system has got to be fun.

I actually live in Grinnell. It's a shame I was busy that night cause it would have been a blast to see.

This isn't unusual for Grinnell. I'm only surprised they still play this way. I remember about 20 years ago ESPN actually broadcasted a Grinnell game because of how unusual their style of play is. I guess they're still doing it all these years later. For a couple decades their goal is to take the ball, race down the floor and take the first 3 they see.

imagine being the opposing team knowing your bad enough to try to be taken advantage of for records sake lol.

A decade from now, this is gonna be the subject of a Jon Bois video

It’s so weird to see them just not shoot the easiest twos of their life

What all of basketball will eventually become.

As the opposing coach how do you not smother them above the 3 point line if thats all theyre gonna do. They were literally passing up wide open layups

The commentators should have been more excited at how silly this was.

They trying harder to impress Curry than Flight 😂

Team: “Who has the Green-light this game Coach?” Coach: “Everyone”

As someone who lives in Iowa this is crazy

Wow ! They were even turning down dunks for threes, and some of the threes they were hitting like the one off of the glass was ridiculous lol

For me, 0:46 was the straw that broke the camel's back lol.

if they made all 111 of their shots, they would’ve probably set an ncaa record that would probably never be beaten

My team in college won against them so feels real good to beat a team that you posted for something

0:47 BRO JUST SHOOT THE LAYUP 😂😂

Wouldn’t the other team figure out and only guard on the perimeter?

Bro, at 0:47 I was like take the lay up!! But this team has tremendous trust in each other

Big confidence boost game for the boys

2:48 was hilarious

I just saw a great double announcer jinx for an extra point in the Bahamas Bowl. You should make a vid for that!

0:48 Bro's been watching Ben Simmons game play

When the 3pt range slider is on 99😂

Commentators seem like it took them 4 quarters to realize that all this people do is shoot threes. No excitement at all. But I also wonder from the opposing coach how couldn't he set a defense to defend 3p line if he saw that all they want is record and they give up open layups? Very silly to really follow your opponent in the rim while he switches or does the play, why woudln't you wait in the zone of 3 p line?

Why is anyone going under the screen?

Fans: Wow this is so interesting to watch!! What a fun playstyle! The centers on that team: 😐😐😐

definition of outside - in playstyle

This is awesome! If I was a basketball coach I would do crazy stuff like this all the time!

i feel like i’ve been watching this forever, but it’s only been 2 minutes

This is like the Pulaski Academy of basketball. Instead of the coach that never punts this is the coach that never goes for 2 pointers.

0:47 is crazy

0:46 buddy thought he was playing 21 and had to take it back out

This is so funny I can't even get mad lol

This almost looks like an exhibition game to how much they having fun with that threes

Pure definition of “live by the 3, die by the three”

The fact that the other team was only down by 20 for most of the game was pretty incredible.

this is a college in central iowa if anyones curious

LET THEM DRIVEEEE!!!

8:33 in the SDSU Kennesaw state game one of the most obvious lane violations I've ever seen

this looks like such a fun style of basektabll, except on off nights

Haven't we seen this before, from Loyola-Marymount ?

W

Anyone else saw the guy that put his arms up after every 3

Special shout-out to the dude who went 12-for-24. Knocked down 30% of all his team's made shots, very impressive, and HALF (50%) of his own attempts, even more impressive. Just imagine if one day, they did something crazy like this and their opponents decided to do the same thing. Could we see 100 made threes in a game? Could we see a new total score record?

When is the book release?

full game?

You are witnessing the death of basketball

Nice defense

Introducing the Curry League

The Curry influence is going crazy

They literally changed the game sliders to 99 overall.

Who were they playing?

the bench's three fingers were def tired after that game

These announcers definitely add to the already insane excitement level.

Next next gen of nba will be like this.

Emmaus needs a basketball bible on defense

God loves you guys!

To be fair, this isn't a million miles away from what the Rockets ran under Mike D'Antoni

If 3 point analytics was a team

40 times in 1 game - *HEEEYYYYYY*

What they should have done with the free throws was to throw the ball really hard at the backboard so that they could get a rebound and set up a 3-pointer!

Who scheduled this?

I felt like I was watching me play a video game