Syracuse Basketball: John Gillon Is Hitting 3’s On And Off The Court

Everyone has seen by now John Gillon’s buzzer beating three-pointer over Duke. Many didn’t see the three he hit off the court.

John Gillon’s buzzer-beating three pointer to beat No. 10 Duke left a huge impact on Syracuse professor Brian Taylor. Taylor’s Politics in the Military class in Syracuse’s Maxwell School had an exam the next morning, and Gillon’s shot inspired Taylor to make things a little easier for those students.

The next morning, when the students got the test, “The Gillon Rule” was officially introduced. Gillon’s shot influenced Brian Taylor to immediately consider the fact that his students probably would get little to no sleep ahead of the exam.

So Taylor decided to award each of his student three additional points thanks to Gillon hitting his game-winning three just less than 12 hours before.

These three extra points definitely benefited the students who were coming off possibly the most exciting night of their college careers. Connor Grossman, who covered the game from the night before, wrote this exam, Tweeted a pic of the rule, and the internet hasn’t looked back.

"“Everyone will start the exam with 3 bonus points; this policy was adopted at 8:57 last night and is known as “the Gillon rule.” (The quote from tweet above)When asked about the inspiration behind his generous bonus points, Taylor gave a picture perfect response. “I was at the game last night and I was walking back and I thought, all my students must be losing their minds”. Not because of the test, but because of the game. I couldn’t cancel the test. That would have thrown the whole semester off. So I said, let’s give them a break for that emotional roller-coaster” (Via Syracuse.com)"

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College basketball is a beautiful thing. It is able to not only inspire it’s supporting students, but it is also able to inspire their professors as well.