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08:31 AM ET 02.24 | Ryan Elmquist converted a free throw to give Caltech a 46-45 victory over Occidental, thereby breaking one of the nation's most celebrated losing streaks. It was the last chance in the last game of the last basketball season Ryan Elmquist would ever experience, and the boy wonder wondered. He recorded a perfect score on his ACT exam. He is graduating from Caltech this spring with a computer science degree. He has landed a job as a software engineer at Google. But could he make a free throw? Could he make one unguarded shot to give the Caltech basketball team a victory that would end a 310-game conference losing streak that stretched back 26 years? "I had no idea," said Elmquist. "But I knew I would never be challenged with anything this athletically hard the rest of my life, so I knew I better do it now." Easy as pi.

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February 24, 2011 09:54 AM ET

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Buckeyes #2 Baby

12-0 deal with it…

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February 24, 2011 09:55 AM ET

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Not even a 3-2 pitch to drive in the winning run on his slow pitch fat mans league championship game? Not even sinking a 3 foot knee knocker to avoid buying beers after men's league? Not getting off the couch after college wonder boy?

Jus' Sayin'

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February 24, 2011 10:13 AM ET

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After the game do you think these guys went back to the dorm and stoked the bong?

12-0 deal with it…

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February 24, 2011 10:24 AM ET

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Originally posted 10:13 AM ET 02.24 by 12-0 deal with it (BB9)

After the game do you think these guys went back to the dorm and stoked the bong?

Sounds more like they went back and played video games.