Joel Branstrom and his family will be headed to the Final Four basketball tournament after all. And in style.
Branstrom, an Olathe Northwest High School biology teacher and girls basketball coach, became a media sensation last week after hitting a half-court shot while blindfolded, foiling a student-orchestrated prank.
Hit the shot, the joke went, and he’d attend the April 3-5 tournament in Indianapolis. No one thought he really would.
The shot landed Branstrom on ESPN’s “SportsCenter” and “First Take,” plus “Inside Edition” and “Good Morning America.”Read more: Olathe Northwest coach gets a second once-in-a-lifetime shot – KansasCity.com