“Shoot It Coop!”: Minoring and Defying the odds just to belong in the Game of Basketball

People talk about making their dreams become a reality. However, when the odds are added to the equation along with some red tape, many will let their dreams fall to the wayside. This is a story of T. E. Cooper, who defied the odds from graduating high school, college, and graduate school to playing college basketball and professionally in Europe by grinding through the U.S. minor league circuits to prove his worth. Even when coaches, college professors, and agents made his path difficult, Cooper stayed focus and persevered to live his dream and see places that he only saw on television. From living comfortably to almost being homeless, T.C. put everything on the line for his dreams to come true. This story is not only about basketball, but what we all go through in our everyday lives just to make it. Defying the odds just to belong in the game of life. Read more