College basketball

event of the 1998-1999 basketball season of the Richmond High School, California. The high school is part of the West Contra Costa Unified School District (WCCUSD) that is located a crime-ridden area and socioeconomically disadvantaged community. The school’s academic performance was extremely poor and held such a high dropout rate record. Ken Carter (Samuel L. Jackson) was a successful sporting goods local store owner who accepts a low-paying job to coach the Oilers basketball team at Richmond…

tall is about 00.0038%. When looking into sports, One of the biggest indicators of an athletes success is his or her genetics. There is one sport in particular that relies on genetics more than others; that sport is basketball. Out of all the sports, basketball requires the most perfect genetics in order to succeeded at a professional level. It doesn’t help…

Basketball lasted through middle and high school, but nevertheless, I learned quickly that college basketball was not my next step. Joy and happiness carried my teammates and I through every season, although the yelling would start when laughing was the only activity at practice. Even though the cheerleaders’ voices at Goose Creek High School filled the gym, however, my teammates and I filled the gym and the lobby. The game of basketball is mesmerizing because it keeps everybody on the edge of…

Why having a basketball team would affect a city ? Pittsburgh is in need of another sports franchise because, it would enhance the city and add value as well as pride to the city. Having a basketball team would help bring revenue to our city. People would travel all over the country to see the high level competition. It would allow more job opportunities because they would need employees to work at the games. We will also have top basketball players living in our city which would attract…

Mentor Today For A Better Tomorrow Patrick was twelve years old and in love with the game of basketball. He spent the majority of his summer at the local high school and YMCA practicing for next year’s tryouts. Since everyone always made the team in the past, he was a little nervous about his first real test and the potential of being cut from the team. Even though the basketball season didn’t start for months, he was dedicated to being the best. That same summer, his twenty-one year old…

I couldn’t wait for the season to start. I was so excited to play basketball that I told my best friend who was on the girls’ basketball team. Since I was going to play Unified basketball, I needed to practice. My best friend gave a basketball to me for my birthday so I could practice for the season. Since it was so cold out, I had to practice in my garage. Once it got warmer out, I went to one of my friends house to shoot on their hoop. At the time, I didn’t have my own hoop to shoot on. At…

After Wooden’s own basketball career was over he became Coach Wooden, coaching at a high school in Indiana. Serving others by coaching after his own career in basketball would have been hard for so many people but he did it and put everything he had into Coaching his teams. “In 1934 Wooden returned to Indiana to teach English and coach basketball, baseball and tennis at South Bend Central High. During this time he formulated the principles…

17th, 1963, in Brooklyn, New York, is considered one of the best basketball players of all time. Jordan’s love for basketball developed in North Carolina. Ironically, Michael kicked off the Laney High team because the coach thought he was too small. Jordan attended the University of North Carolina as a freshman, and was the young layer to watch. Jordan’s college coach, Dean Smith, was known as a teaching coach who stressed basketball fundamentals and a team concept that encouraged each player to…

“ Now, each day I am surrounded by basketballs. These basketballs cause me happiness as well as stressness. They make the “BOING” when bouncing against the wood and the “SWISH” sounds when flowing through the net. I love these basketballs so much. Yet, I still find myself thinking of my favorite faded, orange basketball that I carry by my side everyday. It has a better sound, and it feels better in my hands. Even though is was an animated object,I loved it more than anything. I’ll never forget…

multifarious places I have traveled, the Bahamas was by far my favorite trip. I have yet figured out what made the trip so special it is among the beautiful sights I saw during my trip or the even beautiful souls I spent the trip with; my high school basketball team. We went to the Bahamas with one mission, to win the entire tournament; but we accomplished much more. We bonded with one another and experienced a once in a lifetime opportunity. The memories that I made during my trip will forever…