Troy State 253, DeVry 141 | Pretty Good, Episode 12

In 1992, Troy State and DeVry (yup, that DeVry, the one from the commercials) were scheduled to play a game of basketball. What they actually played was part relay race, part word problem that resulted in the highest-scoring men's basketball game ever.
Oh, and the score on record is totally wrong.
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[@wheatbyproduct]

I've probably watched this a dozen times but I always forget about "devry got a basketball ball team" and it kills me each and every time.

[@qfmarsh64]

Some dumb bastard crawled John McClane-style through an air duct so we could see that basketball ball team have a prayer circle.

[@CZECHMATE650]

Did DeVry practice 3 days or 4 days a week? Or......3.5?

[@rjhaney2614]

CZECH MATE NOOOOOOOO! Don’t start this again! NOOOOO!

[@andrewevans8615]

hey, that pun is PRETTY GOOD.

[@greghmn]

Every other day, so 4-5.

[@alexrohner1984]

Bro. Are you DUMB! Why don't you LEARN how to count! HERE! Take my calendar, and count EVERY OTHER DAY. Thats 3.5

[@throwachair4574]

Nah they did it 10 times in 2 weeks, every other day

[@ty9884]

I was the Sports Information Director at Troy State when we played this game. My staff kept the stats. After I saw this video (briliant job, man) I called my book man, Eric McCool, who had been with me for several years and was really good, and asked if he knew how we could have missed five points? He said, "Hell, no. I didn't see that game. I kept my head down and wrote what the spotter told me." Everybody on the stats crew had a spotter. I did the play-by-play by hand on a legal pad in a shorthand I developed because I knew I couldn't type that fast. We did everything we could to prepare for this madness because we knew what to expect -- we scored 187 against them the year before and knew this game would be worse, or better, depending on how you looked at it. All I can say in our defense is, the box balanced on the first pass -- but who cares about defense? It took us about an hour to put the box together after the game because this was in the days of no computer stats - all we had were pencils, paper, hands, and eyes. There was also no internet. But ESPN had game footage that night (from us). Dan Patrick led with it. When he finished, he said, "Follow that, Keith."

[@AnarquiaCookbook]

Have you considered reaching out and suggesting the score is wrong to the current staff/NCAA?

[@ty9884]

@@AnarquiaCookbook No. I don't work with the school anymore.

[@AnarquiaCookbook]

@@ty9884 dang. I was hoping you still had contacts you could float this to so they could correct this great injustice

[@ty9884]

@@AnarquiaCookbook Oh, alas, if only I yet did.

[@EnjoySackLunch]

Man imagine being named Eric McCool.

[@hrlincoln9873]

Shout out to Clayton Jones, who played all 40 minutes for Devry.

[@ghyuty17]

The true hero of this story

[@PuchuKt]

40 minutes in that pace is pretty nutty

[@joshuapatrick682]

40 minutes of just standing there is exhausting…

[@bertensap5533]

Dude did apparently have 19 turnovers (which is more than everyone combined) but man, he had heart.

[@lildust3842]

devry got a basketball ball team

[@taipeijoey101]

Ballin

[@evanrozsa]

dustsauce Had me in tears

[@MrSpyhere]

They really do be havin a basketball ball team tho

[@sittinonthegodamcornerdoindope]

We’re serious about success 💯💯

[@ratedpending]

true

[@jayson7136]

Devry lost by over 100 points still scored almost 150 and was excited to be part of history. This is one of the coolest things to ever happen in sports and does not get talked about nearly enough

[@ty9884]

After the game, both teams celebrated together in a dogpile at center court. Never seen anything like it.

[@creakyboards8517]

imagine being one of those guys now, in their 50's. you know that thing that happens at family dinners where people tell more and more elaborate stories about themselves and try to one up eachother? i don't think you can beat "I was part of the highest scoring game in the history of basketball".

[@Thespectrum999]

Devry: loses by 119 (112) points Their players after the game: "Hell yeah"

[@bcdm999]

Colin Rist no, it's 3.5

[@lilmikewazowski8254]

@@bcdm999 Jon Bois memes are the greatest, and you, sir, are one of many living proofs.

[@mightytax]

It's weird bc loosing a game 3 million - 4 million seems like a closer game than 4 - 1

[@tomhill3248]

@@lilmikewazowski8254 Eh, honestly they're kinda stale.

[@kajhansen2296]

Check it out...someone else with (sort of) my name

[@maclanewestbrook4176]

What if I told you... the score of the highest scoring basketball game of all time... Was wrong? John Bois presents: 30 for 30

[@MrTBags25]

30 for 30: Devry: We're Serious About Success

[@Aquatarkus96]

@@CinemaDemocratica That's a risk I'm willing to take. That recipe is basically the same as Gordan Ramsay's and its AWESOME.

[@familyguyfreemoviedownload8314]

253 for 141

[@backstabber4775]

If you go to edit on the wikipedia of the score there is a note that reads: "DO NOT CHANGE THE FINAL SCORE TO 253-141. That is not the official score, and the NCAA doesn't recognize it as such. Just because some guy at SB Nation claims he saw two buckets miscounted does NOT make it official. Any edits to the final score on this article will be reverted immediately without question." That is pretty funny.

[@mcj88]

Clearly we need to take this to the top.

[@dingers5days]

Green Buffalo john is mentioned in the Wikipedia article, where he contests the score is 253-141.

[@GamersHolyArmy]

Now it's edit-locked.

[@TheJudoJoker]

Green Buffalo If you go to edit on the wikipedia of the score there is a note that reads: "DO NOT CHANGE THE FINAL SCORE TO 253-141. That is not the official score, and the NCAA doesn't recognize it as such. Just because some guy at SB Nation claims he saw two buckets miscounted does NOT make it official. Any edits to the final score on this article will be reverted immediately without question." That is pretty good. Fixed your comment ^.^

[@cisummusic22]

I got rid of the note and changed it

[@darknutgaming5510]

Homeric works about for-profit colleges

[@Kurzov]

Dangit

[@MrKennyWilliams]

>Discovers First recorded Dab >Becomes Editor in Chief. Living The Dream.

[@coad]

i mean that is a HUGE discovory so...it makes sense

[@Soloman_Gumball]

Kind of research i'd expect from Devry

[@Temporary_Doctor]

MrKennyWilliams I'd say he's mimicking Dee Brown circa 1991. Not a dab.

[@billny33]

Yeah, with all the dunks that happened in this game, he could conceivably be telling the crowd, I just dunked that last one without looking at the rim like my boy Dee. Of course "Was that a dab?" is just too funny a moment to pass up.

[@excellentbill69]

In the bottom left part of the screen at 30:11 there is another dab by (i think) the same guy.

[@peterstorm7143]

The Wikipedia now recognises this score and includes : " On March 13, 2017, SB Nation's Jon Bois published a video in which he argued that the correct final score of the game was Troy State 253, DeVry 141. Relying on a recording of the game posted to KZbin, Bois counted all made baskets and arrived at 253 points for Troy State. He identified two potential scorer's errors: a Troy State dunk that went in after the horn had errantly blown that resulted in a return of the ball to Troy State, and an attempted three-point basket that ended with the ball lodged between the backboard and rim.[8]"

[@justinwarthen]

Peter Storm hell yeah

[@mattt6920]

This is the comment I came here for, thank you

[@trutwijd]

@@mattt6920 same here. It validates all the great work done here. I can sleep easier now

[@serraramayfield9230]

@Eli Wilson They changed it back

[@richitorres1able]

I thought u were joking and then I looked on Wikipedia No surprise Jon has a wiki page tho

[@leodzepe]

This, well this is good content.

[@charleschemtob7263]

*pretty good.

[@Matilda_the_Hun]

PRETTY GOOD

[@dingers5days]

Leo Z hey, that's pretty good.

[@jacobcruz5735]

DONT YOU MEAN PRETTY GOOD

[@Nebukanezzer]

You're pretty good. Pretty... good?

[@_golden_sign_]

The fact that you could find around 11 quotes from the illiad that could pertain to a basketball game proves how long and absolutely miserable the illiad truly is

[@macdege6754]

I would have enjoyed it more if I didn't have to memorize a dozen nicknames for each character

[@MarbleBlastDaily]

the aeneid is cooler anyways

[@paysonfox88]

Okay, let's see if you can get this joke without looking up the relevant poems I first read The Iliad in the back of my parents Odyssey.

[@nate_storm]

@@paysonfox88 is there something else besides Odyssey also being the name of a Honda minivan

[@cranapple3367]

"We're serious about success" as the tagline for DeVry is shockingly accurate too.

[@stevejobsisdeaditaintnojok9156]

Finally... A defensive scheme that James Harden can fit in to

[@tillerbuckets386]

Liam Toguoy underrated comment

[@wce05308]

SteveJobsisdead Itain'tnojoke win

[@JayBigDadyCy]

Hahahha! Seriously funny

[@will-will-will-will]

shaaaaaaade

[@joebleaux3762]

The underratedness of this has gatherstepped since 'Nam.

[@commandantcarpenter]

people have been surprised the devry players "gave up" or whatever but the cooperation of the devry team was absolutely vital to troy actually reaching their score, just as John pointed out. Devry didn't lose by any means, really; both teams had to play absolutely out of their minds to reach these heights. When that one player said both teams were sharing in the glory he was completely right.

[@Mike-zp7tc]

Looking at the Wikipedia page for this game, there is now a small paragraph mentioning this video. Congrats Jon, you made it to Wikipedia fame.

[@ElmTreee]

he is mentioned in like three different article but doesn't yet have his own.

[@dogememetwo5873]

The Real New England Patriots Fan! He does now

[@-dopeamine-5772]

He has his own wikapedia page now

[@thomasakagi7545]

@@-dopeamine-5772 Scorigami also has a Wikipedia page.

[@dartgoblin4227]

Roses are red I hate when people scream DeVry got a basketball ball team

[@Drogon7102]

@Ryan Gold there isnt much to say.

[@owenmurphy924]

This is beautiful

[@qfmarsh64]

Troy was looking for a small team From a school to set up as a fall team They found someone who could Their idea was Pretty Good DeVry got a basketball ball team.

[@edwardcole9976]

I am not the least bit interested in basketball. I know the basic rules and stuff, but the game never interested me. But the connections to mythology, the editing, the use of music: this is one of the top ten videos I have ever seen, and I have seen a lot of videos in my 5 years on this website.

[@jfridy]

Same.

[@maxmcquide7147]

I’d say it’s pretty good...

[@skystricklin4407]

I’m go to Troy, and mythology plays a huge part in our school as you can guess, but especially our athletics. Before we even start a football game, the announcers quote the Iliad and our band members run onto the field screaming war cries

[@AcidDaBomb]

Same, I'm not interested in basketball, don't watch it. But well made video.

[@jfridy]

John made a history of MMA that is over 2 hours long with another guy. I really don't care about MMA. It is riveting.

[@FrancisTha1st]

Saddam Hussein's Summer Palace in Iraq had a direct view of the ruins of Babylon. Like really, less than 200 feet away. America's favorite Arab boy-toy could wake up in the morning, brush his teeth, drink a cup of coffee, and look out the window to what was *once* a 3-millennia-old city, which was, for hundreds of years, the most populous, most important, and most powerful place on earth. What Saddam *was* looking at was a pile of rocks and some clay walls. The most architecturally impressive sight in Babylon presently is an oil pipeline, built in the last 50 years, cutting through an outer wall, completely disregarding all archaeological conservation. As a world leader, I imagine Saddam could only reflect upon his nation's, and indeed all nation's, inevitable downfall and obliteration in the face of time's ultimate ambivalence to order, history, and legacy. I feel like he must've skipped his breakfast a lot. But in this fact, and in this video, we can indeed find solace. By my shitty, non-Jon-Bois calculations, there have been roughly 150,000 regulation NBA games, and the number of college basketball games rounding a full million. Of all of these games, two were picked by Jon Bois specifically for the way they broke the game. These two videos are focused on 0.0001% of all games, yet they will be seen by multiples of thousands more people than have seen at least half of these individual games in person. Always, it is much more interesting to find out what went wrong than what went right. History isn't built on the things that go correctly, but rather things that go horribly. Historians around the world talk of Babylon, even though it is utterly sundered. It is regarded as one of the most important sites in human history. Painters, philosophers, and generally any intellectual has at least once given thought to the city. Certainly less people have thought about Damascus than Babylon, even though Damascus is possibly twice as old, and was never lost to time. As Cato the Elder once said, "After I'm dead, I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one."

[@rotten_banana_]

dude

[@tavoamaya798]

This is the most underrated comment. So is it good or bad?

[@sheeperskipps]

@@tavoamaya798 It's spectacular.

[@whs1pmjazz]

This is the premise of Percy Shelley's great poem, "Ozymandias". Check it out if you have a spare 3 minutes

[@SAVikingSA]

I'm too high for this

[@rjskillz92]

29:57 the headline reads: "It's not a misprint!" oh if only they knew.....

[@CeleTheRef]

:D Technically the headline is correct: they really meant to print 258. The wrong number is not the paper's fault.

[@htx-brad]

29:58

[@PlutoTheSecond]

There's another headline at 30:01 that reads, "This is no computer error."

[@Stinky_Steven]

PlutoTheSecond 30:02

[@tylernass6263]

"you can't call the gods on toll free numbers" -Jon Bois, 2017

[@dethkillerspiral]

What if you could??

[@younusbendame742]

The part where the Troy guy says that DeVry wanted them to get the record and were having fun with it may be one of the best shows of good sportsmanship I've ever seen on DeVry's part.

[@SAVikingSA]

It's also the saddest capitulation I've ever seen in sports, outside of that one punt

[@douglasshouganai2516]

its the most wholesome interview comment i've seen/heard about losing with a passion

[@Drogon7102]

@@douglasshouganai2516"losing with passion" that is a very good way to put it. They werent a good team so they decided to just play along and having fun.

[@wilson4]

the true protagonist

[@AndyZach]

You have to think of DeVry as an intermural team. Some talented players playing for the joy of playing, not really planning on NCAA glory.

[@dk240996]

3 years later, a realization dawned on me. If the pace Troy State scored during this game was somehow achieved by an NBA team during a 48 minute game, the score would go over 300 points. Bonkers.

[@TornaitSuperBird]

Yeah, because of the shorter shot clock and longer quarters. Insane.

[@brucedillon8358]

@@TornaitSuperBird and the players get more breaks. 325 points would have been possible

[@MarsJenkar]

@@TornaitSuperBird Shot clock wouldn't have been a factor. Only once did the shot clock count more than ten seconds, and it never got even close to 24. It's only the extra eight minutes of game time that would make 300 points possible.

[@theunwelcome]

pace, and accurate shooting, but yeah that would be insane

[@DDub04]

Honestly the more surprising thing is that the NBA record is only 188. That was set back in the 90s when offense was significantly less productive than today. And despite that, the record has stood for nearly 30 years. Eventually some NBA team is going to hit 200 on a downtrodden rebuilding team and I think we will have to rethink why the NBA offenses are the way they are

[@adamm.1604]

I actually realized something. I don't think this game would be as tiring for the players as one might initially think, even with 7 players on DeVry's team. In a normal basketball game, most players on the court are used in every possession both on offense and on defense. Thus, every player must keep moving, stay involved, AND sprint both up and down the floor for offense and defense. In a game like this, usually only one or two guys are involved per play. So if you rotated the person taking the ball up the court and scoring, then the other guys would actually get to basically stand on the court and rest for the next minute or two, since they aren't playing defense. I think this is how the ridiculous breakneck pace was kept throughout the entire game.

[@Concatenate]

I understand the analysis and you make some good points, but still consider that at least 2 of the players were going up and down the court about 7-8 times more than a typical game. I bet all of the players, especially the Devry team with 7 total guys, was totally exhausted afterwards.

[@justalittlebitmo]

I'm two years late to this thread, but wanted to add to what you said. I think they were also having so much fun they didn't mind the tiredness. Both scores were super high... tells me that no one was worried about defense. Games are fun when you can score nearly every possession

[@VonOzbourne]

A week later than the last guy, but to go back to the first point; As Jon said, if the average possession time was about 5 seconds, and by ignoring defence, you didn't have to play when you didn't have possession, [other than an easy interception opportunity] in theory, you could make your fast break, score your basket, then wait for the other 9 players on the court to score their baskets, before it was your turn to fast break up the court again. Basically you would only have to run full tilt for 5 seconds at a time, with 45 seconds of lollygagging in between. [yes I'm being reductive, but it's amusing to think of it that way]

[@dezznutz3743]

They werent tired because they didnt play any defense

[@JonahLoeb]

@@dezznutz3743 They weren't contesting a lot of shots or getting low on the perimeter, but they had still had to run the floor constantly, even if it was just so they could inbound the ball quickly after Troy scored.

[@episodesglow]

Imagine being a Devry student and coming in late to watch the game and seeing Troy 38 - Devry 134 and being like "woah guys we're crushing them, nice!" And then being told no no no Troy have 238

[@deluge-rainstorm9055]

I was not expecting to have a philosophical experience when watching a video bout the highest scoring men's basketball game ever, but life's pretty strange like that.

[@cdjhyoung]

Word!

[@Concatenate]

Totally agree. I feel like I just watched the most profound thing ever. Like I still don't fully understand the impact of whatever the hell this was supposed to be.

[@danield2667]

The reporting and Jon's discovery of the scoring error would make this a good video in itself, but what makes this great is Jon's choice of music and the strange but utterly fitting use of Iliad quotes and references to the Tower of Babel. No one mixes sports and philosophy quite like Jon Bois, he's a master of crafting a genre of video that, as far as I can tell, he created. Basically I just want ESPN to somehow ignore his status at SBNation and give him the reins to direct an episode in their next 30-for-30 run. Tell me that wouldn't be one of the best episodes ever.

[@904jmbjags]

this is Oscar award winning quality, Jon. Pretty good

[@plasticwrapcharlie]

Seriously. Dude needs to be winning Sundance awards n sheeit

[@jerrygleeson4769]

I have scored many basketball games, and this game is hell on earth for a scorer! I agree with Jon, it 's incredible that they were only off by 5 points.

[@JMacSD]

Agree also. And both counted Troy baskets that should not have been counted occurred after Troy scored more points than a scoreboard could show, so the scorekeeper could not be checked. Now and then in a game the scoreboard displays an incorrect score but somebody notices and notifies and it gets corrected.

[@rachbee8033]

Wait.. So their website says "more than 55 locations". Their rough number of locations wasn't even rounded to something ending in a zero, they rounded down to 55 from 60. WHO DOES THAT?

[@cisummusic22]

i admire your mathematical rage, it reminds me a lot of myself

[@thejohnykilroy]

Rachael Bee devry

[@samuelstensgaard4828]

sargon We're serious about success

[@darthr0xas363]

Devry does, duh.

[@Snargglecraft]

They probably had schools in different stages of being formed- campuses being built or planned. They may have left that there so to avoid people catching a mistake whenever they added one; what they did sounds much less stupid than if they had the number wrong.

[@Hopecaster]

This video has a creepy education-like vibe to it, especially with the chapter intermissions. It makes it feel like it's on Public Access TV but it makes the video like, a thousand times better to me for some reason.

[@joelman1989]

This is often Jon Bois vibe.

[@jaymarti3188]

Jon Bois invented analog horror

[@thelionsmane3032]

devry got a basketball ball team

[@MrSuperdelf]

My man was using quotes from homer because it relates to troy, and he found a quote with "inner court" and "outer court" in it. Amazing.

[@sethiskool544]

You forgot the fact that it took 7 people to put together the box score, which took an hour to complete. The fact that it took multiple people that long to complete a box score is amazing in itself. Another great video Jon, keep it up.

[@jsb36]

I have no clue why, but I cried watching this video.

[@kerthgersen3163]

Moved by the sheer sportsness of the game? And the sheer depth of Jon's appreciation of the event? The brilliance of the mathematical breakdown (which isn't really "brilliant", I suppose, but really effective)? Or just the absurdity of taking the name of the college and making what? 40 references to the Illiad? Impressive as hell. (though I wasn't moved to tears. there must be something wrong with you)

[@AndrewJW]

Me after every jon bois video

[@marcelescoda7045]

@@AndrewJW I didn't cry in this one, but I do end up crying in most of jon's videos, yet I don't feel sadness.

[@thismans1405]

@@marcelescoda7045 it is the beauty of expression. The poetry. The time taken to intimately and uniqely analyze an event and its implications. This video is incredibly poetic and he knew it while making it. I love it like you.

[@marcelescoda7045]

@@thismans1405 I'm not sure what it is, my native language is not english, but Jon is my favourite story-teller of all-time. I love the music, the images and the charts, but the part that I like the most is the fact that he is able to make a meaningless story heavily meaningful. (I don't know if the last sentence I wrote is correct, can someone write it properly for me, thanks)

[@claytheenemy]

Jon, never learn to balance your audio. Makes it soo much better.

[@MattEland]

Honestly, this is the most proud I've ever been to be a DeVry graduate.

[@jebedmondson6428]

Are you serious about success?

[@ratedpending]

DeVry graduates are real?

[@MattEland]

@@ratedpending yep. I graduated and then promptly emailed the school griping about quality of curriculum. I was self taught prior to Deep Fry and I don't think they tried to prepare me for anything other than mediocrity at best.

[@qfmarsh64]

Did you have a basketball ball team?

[@MattEland]

@@qfmarsh64 Nope! This may be why.

[@TheNrp8598]

Jon puts so much time and effort into these and they are amazing

[@itsmealex8959]

TheNrp8598 They're pretty good

[@Donald38]

The most impressive part is the fact that the scorers departed so far off course and yet SOMEHOW they managed to get the correct score for DeVry

[@ing2y]

Jon Bois is a straight up genius

[@cadespaulding3837]

If both teams in basketball just worked together they could score so many more points

[@DwagglesZ]

I go to Troy University (formerly Troy State), and this game is talked about to this day still! It's a shame they are going to tear down the old Sartain Hall where the game happened, so much history is in that little gym.

[@miccal99]

About 15 years ago, I dated a woman who was at Troy when this game was played. First time we were watching hoops on TV, she mentioned it.

[@phant0m283]

This game reminded me of some post I saw that said "if the teams worked together they could score so many more points"

[@senororlando2]

This is the only good video on KZbin

[@senororlando2]

Thanks jon

[@lucasbulldogs7]

senororlando2 pretty good**

[@tylerm5915]

+lucasbulldogs7 watch all of his videos, he has some really good content. His channel is jon bois

[@TheJudoJoker]

senororlando2 well I have a suggestion for you: look up IMG followed by a random number, like 909 or 3526 something and you'll find all kinds of videos that have never been seen by anyone. Like there's one of like a deer and a squirrel munching on the same grub or something.

[@senororlando2]

TheJudoJoker thanks Jon

[@flyingdutchman913]

Jon, you captured it! A MASTERPIECE in insane, unbridaled, furious fun. The players hugging at the end, the ominous retro DeVry commercial announcer rambling on and on gives this a historic touch to an otherwise silly yet phenomenal night. It was more than just another game. It was a test of human limits... and that screwy scoreboard's too.

[@colinschaver9297]

The video we need, but don't deserve

[@roguesample]

“1,000 sledgehammers falling out of a thundercloud” is my favorite Jon Bois quote

[@KuraiMuin]

What is this damned brilliance? I don't know anything about basketball, I'm not american and I've never seen a basketball game in my life, nor a DeVry commercial. But I can understand an art performance made by two teams in silent, respectful, sportsmanlike coalition, not competing against one another, but competing against history and obscurity. After 17776 I was starving for more of your content and I've found amazing stuff, if not better. Jon Bois you're amazing. I wonder what kind of content you'd do if you weren't into sports.

[@qfmarsh64]

Pretty Good.

[@LoneBud]

I’ve watched this about 1-2 years ago, and each time I go to 29:54, I just let the video sink in. It makes you feel high and emotional, for some reason. It’s something that Jon does in his work and I admire him for that.

[@dcox1997]

Honest to god those were the worst scrambled eggs I've ever seen

[@zirconia3]

I think he just made hollandaise sauce

[@Quickgold1]

nah that's French style. They're amazing like that.

[@livingwiththeliving]

They look weird, but I've had them, I swear that they actually are the best scrambled eggs.

[@hiimemily]

If he had let them go for just one or two more minutes they would have been perfect.

[@SamBrickell]

You've obviously never heard of slow-stirred scrambled eggs. That is exactly how they are supposed to look, and they are pretty amazing.

[@MrFindX]

Greatest series on KZbin

[@blkplaguelmc]

Pink Starburst lol bro avgn jumped the shark like 5 years ago

[@AlfaEcho]

Well, there's chart party Also by Jon Bois...

[@jconley420]

I guess it's Pretty Good

[@BigBrezzy]

The 2024 NBA All-Star Game just beat the combined score of this game (211-186, 397).

[@Zephyrbal]

You're the greatest American humorist active today, and every time I consume any of your content I ponder on how god damned criminal it is that so few people have seen what I have seen and laughed as hard as I have laughed. I don't give a shit about sports, man. Nothing is more boring to me other than church, but every single episode of pretty good has made me care, sit back, and stop to breathe.

[@DavidThomas-qq4hf]

It's nice that he doesn't denigrate the scorers for messing up the official score but rather commends them for getting so close in the fastest 40 minutes in sports history.

[@kiaayo]

God bless you, Kip Smithers.

[@badacktor]

consistently, the worst part of ever jon bois video for me is when I realize it's ending and I'm not ready to go yet.

[@KamikazeXero]

This reminds me of when I used to create conferences of teams in NCAA Football on the Gamecube, Xbox 360 and PS3 that wouldn't normally exist. The DeVry Vikings were always at war with the rival ITT Tech Sharks.

[@de132]

Jobber-NOTs I did that with community colleges in NCAA Football

[@kerthgersen3163]

Did you have a team for Biz Mart? I told my kids they had a college team, the Biz Mart Paper Clips. Made up a pep song for 'em and everything, in part "Hit'em in the nose! Hit 'em in the lips! Go! Biz Mart Paper Clips!"

[@koh9277]

John Bois should direct a 30 for 30

[@MegaBrokenstar]

Matthew Aldrich this is 32 Mina long. Add in commercial breaks and it’s nearly long enough to be a 30 for 30 already. Then add in the player, coach, official, scorer, and announcer interviews and this could definitely be a 90ish minute 30 for 30 episode including commercials

[@benblakley]

watched this cause I thought it would be kool... ...... about 2 minutes in I thought I was on drugs

[@yKarmaPolice]

BDB SPORTS yea it's pretty good

[@ericerb6610]

W E ‘ R E S E R I O U S A B O U T S U C C E S S

[@jwhine]

BDB SPORTS that’s just Jon bois

[@russellst.martin4255]

I want to be Jon Bois when I grow up, and I'm 40.

[@jimbo-fk4dq]

Another pretty good feature of this series: Finding the first dab over 20 years before it became popular.

[@buddahthebaptist5767]

I got an ad for devry while watching this 😭

[@jackiesingleton2351]

I have NEVER seem a comment section this unanimously positive! No smack talk, no politics. If all he ever did was inspire this one comment section of goodness that's PRETTY GOOD!!!!! But ya, like everyone else here I am a fan/ borderline fanboy. Great work. P

[@BigBlack81]

It's the sheer fact that he took this on that would inspire at least some respect from the commentors. It's the fact that he did it so WELL that is generating this. He did pretty good. Pretty fucking good indeed. That's sadly rare on KZbin.

[@stationshelter]

Jackie Singleton i

[@TheNightWatcher1385]

Damn commie

[@rosestewart0]

Jackie Singleton bitches eggs are completely shit tho

[@hurrythepeace9443]

Jackie Singleton the comment below you says that the intro was annoying af

[@TheWorldSpinsSlowly]

The day this comment is posted is the 30th anniversary of this college basketball game. Happy anniversary to this mathematically impossible game

[@jibbs_aim]

How do u not have infinite subscribers

[@itsgazzer186]

How does this affect lebrons legacy

[@robbysimpson3707]

[in the shop for repairs] nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[@alexsaab8089]

Robby Simpson I was wondering what happened to the 4th episode. there's records of it but I could not touch

[@robbysimpson3707]

I'm guessing there's a copyright issue with the clips from the Kevin Costner documentary. Jon, if you're reading this, I would happily rewatch that episode with or without the Costner clips. The Tetris sequence alone is worth the price of admission.

[@chrisbarter7627]

Likewise. Pretty Good is one of the best things on KZbin. The more, the merrier.

[@TheMaxGoren]

I'm addicted to Pretty Good, I need to see episode 4.

[@MichaelDanger19]

It's the best one, honest to god. Thought it was for the music, since he uses a Kanye song, but the Costner thing makes sense.

[@feartheb33k33p3r]

jon those were raw eggs you ate.

[@juanitachristblaster4252]

So this is why you don't put forth as much content as you used to. The burden of this knowledge is too great for any one man. Thank you, Jon.

[@Notimp0rtant523]

The simple fact that the coach of one program could mail blank VHS tapes to the coach of another program with the expectation of someone actually taking the time to put the game film on the blank tapes and send them back, and reliably count on that as an end result.

[@jibbs_aim]

The story was pretty good. But the video was more than that

[@twchalk]

These teams need to have a reunion event of some sort. Jon you should send out some pizza party pizza invites to these fellas.

[@Notnameworthy]

This is pretty much Chino Hills' whole offense strategy

[@tonydewitt9394]

I can only think of one thing when I hear Chino hills. "Elastic ass with you here in Chino Hills, the last frontier". If you know now you know, ya know.

[@liamsullivan8840]

@@tonydewitt9394 All time great album

[@zakcancio3897]

The ending of this video is so beautiful and poetic. I rewatch all these Pretty Good and Chart Party episodes every few months or so and marvel at how much thought, research, creativity, and knowledge go into each and every one. It's so so wonderfully done, truly a work of art in my opinion.

[@PlusSFC]

Once Troy scored 200 points they entered the fumble dimension

[@shaununger9350]

I went to DeVry from 2000-2003. I got my degree and had a really good experience there. Somehow I stumbled across this video not long after it came out about 5 years ago (it’s now 2022). Not long after I left a lucrative career to start my own business. Not long after starting the business I, as I assume many entrepreneurs do, went through some very tough times and I wasn’t sure if I would make it. Many nights I would wake up and worry about if I would make it or if I had made the biggest mistake of my life. I found comfort and, usually, sleep by listening to a Jon Bois video, specifically this one. It helped my brain get out of the rut it was in at 3 am. I remember one time specifically waking up slightly in the final few minutes when the final song was playing. I just about wept in my half awake, stressed, sleep deprived state at the beauty and genius of this production. Things turned a corner and are going much better now. I watched this again today and was brought back to those sleepless nights. I don’t miss that, but I was struck again at the comfort this production was to me.

[@mattmueggenberg9430]

This is hands down the best series on youtube

[@nytro8027]

Matt Mueggenberg no doubt

[@TheJudoJoker]

What and Chart Party??

[@kaidenbraught4573]

You could say it’s pretty good

[@Packbat]

Jon Bois, narrating: If we can't make one right turn, three left turns will send us in the same direction. Jon Bois, animating the video: *draws three right turns*

[@Packbat]

(I love this video)

[@jeffreyspence3292]

SOME MIGHT SAY THIS IS THE GREATEST VIDEO OF ALL TIME

[@TheSonnyGo]

That intro is a masterpiece in itself. It previews the descent into madness.

[@technoturnovers7072]

AT DEVRY, WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT SUCCESS

[@SportsGhost]

Jon Bois is the poet laureate of my generation.

[@connorbrown2194]

this is my favorite youtube video

[@abdallahatia7209]

this is an incredibly well made, produced, and scripted video but nothing in it can top the pure comedy that is the phrase "devry got a basketball ball team"

[@Feuch24]

Jon this is your magnum opus. Truly, nothing like this has ever been seen before nor will ever be seen again.

[@musyarofah1]

RIP Jordan, beloved Research Assistant. 4:07

[@J1ager_]

i still dont understand how someone can be so creative with something so stupid like this. Only Jon could be able to talk about the Tower of Babel painting and connect it to a basketball game, I still dont get how someone can think like that.

[@charpsteve36]

This is unquestionably Jon's magnum opus. (for now).

[@MarkPentler]

I kinda agree with this. In many ways saddest punt is the best researched and obviously it's the longest, but the craft behind this (editor here so can appreciate it) and the pacing is just incredible.

[@sweetreamer5101]

I've watched it more than any of his others. I think Larry Walters and his Flying chair moves me about as much as this one; but it's way sadder and bittersweet so I don't watch that one often.

[@AliceClow]

You could make a case for the Mariners docuseries, but that was a collab with Alex.

[@KonkeyVG]

The game must have taken a tremendous amount of effort from everyone. Jon highlights the players and scorers, but think about how enthusiastic the commentator sounded during all the clips, and during every clip we hear cheers and clapping from the crowd. Everyone was so invested in the game which was essentially a joke, it must have been an unreal atmosphere.

[@DogwaterBlues]

This is the best video I've ever seen in my life.

[@kefkaex]

there is something really somber about this piece. probably my favorite thing jon has done. i have come back to it so many times. anyway thanks jon

[@brianarbenz1329]

As a contractor journalist for the Courier-Journal, I covered Troy State at Bellarmine in the 1990s. Troy would come down court on a 3-on-1 fast break and shoot a 3-pointer. Or even 1 on 0. Their coach was like a southern circus promoter who during the post game interview pronounced his opponent “Buh-LAR-mine.” It was a memorable assignment.

[@selenamertvykh6481]

In fairness, I'm from around Louisville and I thought that was how it was pronounced for a good long while.

[@brianarbenz1329]

@@selenamertvykh6481 I've jokingly pronounced it "Bell 'o mine," like this belle of mine.

[@soup4761]

"devry got a basketball ball team" - the illiad

[@caulen_mellia]

Is episode 4 ever going to get republished?

[@Slimmeyy]

Having just watched all of these in one sitting, I was definitely confused as to where episode 4 and 8 were.

[@hammadvulgar5884]

Devry is literally a real life fumble dimension team.

[@familyguyfreemoviedownload8314]

longtime jon bois readers will know that clarence BEEFTANK played college football at devry

[@mechacowboy]

hearing jon say "devry got a basketball ball team" near-deadpan is the single funniest thing in any pretty good or chart party

[@jomahawk7488]

Regardless of the scoring, regardless of the fact that I don’t really care about Basketball, seeing the players so happy for each other at the end was amazing. To see them hugging, shaking hands, being so upbeat at the sheer craziness of what they just did, it makes me happy to see them happy. And I never would have found it without this video. Thanks, Jon. That was Pretty Good 👍

[@jamespusey7186]

here at devry, we're serious about success

[@GeroldGarthcia]

now i wanna know how devry of decatur won 3 basketball games. did they play trump university?

[@dailyclay]

this is the video equivalent of a weighted blanket