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In five words JackJumpers captain Clint Steindl had captured the special feeling of Tasmania's triumphant return to the NBL after a two decade-plus absence.
Coming back up to Launceston, it was hard not to find yourself thinking back to the memories of a landmark Friday night.
The audible gasp as the game was sent to overtime, the reverberating roar as the JackJumpers sealed a debut win 83-74, a stadium which seemed transformed into a living entity such was the energy of the night.
Some fans may remember the memories of the Hobart Devils, featuring Wayne McDaniel and Joe Hurst. In their place march the JackJumpers, a combination of players looking for a chance and the opportunity to build something new.
"To pull together the roster we've been able to do is a testament to Scott [Roth] and his management but also a lot of people wanting to be part of this opportunity to build something from scratch and leave a mark, leave something for history," JackJumpers chief executive Simon Brookhouse said.
"It really is a family, we live through that and everybody enjoys each other's other company and that's the really exciting part about it."
Opportunity surrounds a lot of what the JackJumpers are hoping to do both now and into the future.
It is a vision cultivated by head coach Scott Roth who has been unashamed in his desire to see the JackJumpers in the championship mix.
"I want to win a championship and from day one that's going to be our goal - that's what we are shooting for and that's what we are going to build towards," he said in January.
It matters little that the most recent expansion sides have usually found themselves towards the foot of the table in their first year but Roth is unequivocal in his nature.
As he said: "if you are not in it to do that, I don't know why you are actually coaching."
Perhaps that is the belief you get from being surrounded by NBA stars Dirk Nowitzki and Steph Curry or sharing a locker room with the likes of John Stockton and Karl Malone.
As the third oldest coach ever to make his NBL debut, Roth has a broad-church of experiences to draw upon in this rookie season.
Hopefully for us, we've got the jump on a few of the other sports by doing that
- Simon Brookhouse on the JackJumpers launching in the NBL
It only takes listening to the players to realise the impact Roth has had on this roster.
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"After hearing about the strong vision Scott has for the JackJumpers, I knew it was a journey I wanted to be on," import Josh Magette said upon signing.
It is a view shared by former Melbourne United guard Sam McDaniel and former New Orleans big man Will Magnay from their initial days with the new franchise.
"I got on the phone with Scott (Roth) to have a chat to get a feel of what he was like and what his vision was for the JackJumpers and I liked a lot of what he was talking about. He is a defensive minded coach and I like that," McDaniel said at his signing.
Magnay said upon signing: "After speaking to Scott Roth and the team, it became clear to me that the JackJumpers were the best option for me to improve, win and eventually try and get back to the NBA."
For Brookhouse, the signing of Roth and the culmination of the roster was a seminal moment given the franchise used to contain just himself, Christine Finnegan, Jorrick Chivers and the JackJumpers mascot.
"I think for us, the backgrounding we did on [Roth], which you obviously do on coaches we spoke to a number of players who played with him and under him, no one had a bad word to say about him, he's just a consummate professional," he said.
As the crowd disintegrated into the frenzied excitement of overtime, Roth marshalled his troops and calmed the nerves as Tasmania steeled themselves for a memorable victory.
If people questioned the franchise's relation to the state, the dogged determination to win against expectations should endear the side to the Tasmanian psyche.
For all the column inches dedicated to the AFL's deliberation of the 19th licence and the suggestions of an A-League team that could one day exist, the JackJumpers are one of the few Tasmanian ideas to materialise in a national competition.
The JackJumpers will, either consciously or subconsciously, be the case study to dispel or embolden the state's perceived flaws which other codes have fallen back on.
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The JackJumpers are acutely aware of the opportunity they have to make on the state's sporting landscape.
"The reality for us is it's about putting Tasmania on a national sporting competition and on a global broadcast so that's the exciting part that basketball itself is at the forefront of that," Brookhouse said.
"Hopefully for us, we've got the jump on a few of the other sports by doing that and you have to take your hat off to the NBL for working with the Tasmania government to make that a reality."
As the Derwent Entertainment Centre rocked under the constraints of excitable supporters and the chants reverberated around the hardwood, it was hard not to be swept away in the romance of it all.
The AFL and other codes have often found any manner of reasons not to include the state.
After Friday, they will be falling over themselves in a rush to tap into the passion of Tasmania.
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