Cruz calls hoop a 'basketball ring' and Twitter erupts

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Ted Cruz has repeatedly stated his devotion to the classic movie "Hoosiers." In fact, he even held a rally Tuesday night in the gym where the iconic movie was filmed. Yet he stumbled a bit when it came to basic basketball terminology.

"The amazing thing is, that basketball ring in Indiana, it's the same height as it is New York City and every other place in this country," Cruz said during the rally, according to video from the scene. Traditionally, we call that a "hoop" here in Indiana.

Twitter, as you might imagine, had thoughts about the gaffe.
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Yeah, Kentucky 15 delegates bound to Cruz for the first ballot can take note as well.

Ted Cruz Desecrates Classic Movie Scene By Calling Hoop a "Basketball Ring"

While stumping in Indiana tonight, Ted Cruz attempted to recreate a classic scene from Hoosiers in the very same gym
in which part of the movie (thought not this particular scene) was filmed.

In the process, Ted Cruz managed to both alienate humans everywhere and ruin a beloved, classic film.
In other words, just another Tuesday night for Rafael E. Cruz.

What Cruz was trying to do from Hoosiers . . .



Ted Cruz may have lost every state tonight, but don’t say he never accomplished anything.
Because just when you thought Hoosiers couldn’t be ruined, here comes Ted Cruz.
http://gawker.com/ted-cruz-desecrates-classic-movie-scene-by-calling-hoop-1773255447

Cruz re-creates 'Hoosiers' scene; Twitter mocks 'basketball ring' reference
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...04/26/ted-cruz-hoosiers-norman-dale/83568962/
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While campaigning in Indiana, Ted Cruz butchers famous scene from movie ‘Hoosiers’
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...e-hoosiers-by-calling-basketball-hoop-a-ring/

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At a campaign rally Tuesday night in Knightstown, inside the very gym where the famous movie “Hoosiers” was filmed, the Republican senator from Texas attempted to recreate one of the film’s classic scenes. With the entire gym’s attention on him, Cruz gestured excitedly to the end of the court, where a man in a sweater vest stood in front of the goal atop a red ladder.

In his hands he held a measuring tape, a nod to the scene in Hoosiers where the coach of the underdog basketball team from rural Indiana tries to calm the nerves of his awestruck players. Right after they amble into the Butler Fieldhouse in the movie, where the team was set to play in the state final game, the coach measures the height of the goal, then says this: “Ten feet. I think you’ll find that’s the exact same measurements as our gym back in Hickory.”

Here’s Ted Cruz’s version: “You know, the amazing thing about that basketball ring here in Indiana, it’s the same height as it is in New York City and every other place in this country. And there is nothing that Hoosiers cannot do.”

He called it a ring. In the land of the free and the home of the basketball lover, where children are bred to love the sound of tennis shoes squeaking on hardwood floors and Bobby Knight is a household name, Ted Cruz called the basketball hoop a basketball ring.
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Are we sure Canadian's don't call it that? Heck, look at what they call "bacon" and "beer"... :rolleyes:
 
I don't think anybody has called a basketball hoop a 'basketball ring' in history

Cruz is just another dumby out of touch politician, he must of had somebody in Wisconsin remind him where the Packers play because I remember John Kerry refering to Lambeau Field as Lambert Field.

If you don't watch sports, don't pretend like you do like come on
 
Can SpiritOf1984 please stop posting every pro-trump/anti-cruz article ever made?

Thanks... :rolleyes:
 
Carly mentioned at her Cruz VP announcement how Cruz was so fun watching the Final Four game - throwing money on the table
with seconds to go and game tied.
 
Countless Americans play Fantasy Sports, but this is ridiculous.

In the imaginary world that Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX)97%
apparently now resides, the mathematically eliminated presidential hopeful let the world know this week that his running mate is his former GOP presidential opponent Carly Fiorina. Usually, candidates unveil their pick for veep after they have secured their party’s nomination. At the very least, they wait until ‘perceived nominee’ status is cast upon them—but not Cruz. The Texas Senator has tabbed Fiorina despite the fact that Cruz is a distant second behind Republican front runner Donald Trump and fresh off of losing five states to Trump in a single night. He is down three games to none and trailing big late in Game 4. It’s over. But Cruz hopes to somehow undo this reality.
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Perhaps former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin put it best. Palin swatted Cruz on Facebook, writing, “It’s smarter to actually put the ball through the HOOP before you claim victory.” Palin included some great vintage photos of her basketball playing days. The state champion hoopster knows a thing or two about what it takes to win.
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I wonder if he was planning this the whole time, and paid 500k for her. I think that's a violation of election laws if he did.
 
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