Half Court Prank Shot Gone Astray

Joel Branstrom was just a Girls Basketball coach at a High School in Olathe, Kansas. This all changed when a group of students decided to pull a prank on the popular coach, but it turned out they did not plan for everything. They told the coach that if he made a half court shot while blindfolded he would win tickets to the Final Four in Indianapolis, an event he loves. The students assumed the coach had no chance on making it, and decided to cheer and applaud when he missed the shot and make it seem like he won the tickets. The gym went crazy and into a slight panic when the coach made the impossible shot. Since the students thought there was no way he would make it, they never got the tickets instead they gave him a gift certificate to a certain restaurant. I have heard though some tickets have been donated to Joel Branstrom so he could go to the final four. After the ordeal was over, Joel said he figured it was some sort of prank but was not sure exactly what type. Since this video has hit the web Joel Branstrom has become some sort of a celebrity.
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Just to show you how difficult of shot this was. This video is of SportsCenter emplyees trying to make a shot Blindfolded.