College basketball

Over the years, statistics have shown that NBA players who go to college tend to avoid bankruptcy just as frequently as those who go straight to the NBA from high school. [MC(1)] Along with this, findings also show that players should have to go through at least two years of college. The reasoning behind this is so that the players are intelligent enough to take care of their money. These two years of college could perhaps allow these athletes to make smart, sound choices with their life and…

and 1993” (Thamel). The Fab Five, known as “The Greatest Class Ever Recruited” had bald heads, sagging shorts, black socks, and an attitude that changed College Basketball forever. “They don’t care how they were perceived” (Hehir). They had a journey to get to the point of the Chris Webber scandal. The Fab Five’s revolutionized college basketball during the 1991-92 season, 1992-93 season, 1993 NCAA tournament, and their aftermath. Three years before the Fab Five, Steve Fisher (now coaching…

you vision. But you can't acquire it if you're afraid of keeping score,” said the famous Pat Summitt, as she did an interview with Oprah. One may say that Summitt is the utmost inspirational woman to walk the earth. She was an American women’s college basketball coach who, throughout her career, helped people live their dreams and impressed many others. Pat Summitt was born on June 14th, 1952 in Clarksville, Tennessee. Throughout her childhood, her parents, Richard and Hazel Head were known for…

The character that I critically analyzed is Troy Bolton, from the High School Musical franchise. Troy is portrayed as the high school hunk, as he is the captain of the basketball team, a heartthrob that the girls admire and want to be with, and an idol to the other boys who strive to be as cool as him. Not only is Troy represented as a teenage jock, but he also has a passion for performing in musicals, which contrasts and contradicts many of the theories we have studied in this course. Troy’s…

As the prized #3 recruit in the country, Cliff Alexander seemed poised for a great season in college and a bright future ahead of him in the NBA. Alexander committed to Kansas , wanting to be apart of a college basketball blueblood. During his season he battled injuries and eventually went undrafted in the NBA Draft. Alexander was a kid from Chicago, who had dreamt his whole life that he would attend University of Illinois. Looking back at the decisions he made, he realized he should've attended…

I am contacting you regarding the Walled Lake Central Women’s varsity basketball team. Three years ago when Robert Schopf was put in the position as head coach, the program decided to give him another chance even though he was terminated in the past. His inappropriate actions have not only appeared during the regular season, but also during summer league. During one summer he made unnecessary comments, some exemplifying prejudice, towards his players. For example, he told Peyton Brikho to stop…

coaching job as a high school basketball coach. Here, Rivers would go on to coach fourteen highly successful years. Taking the school to five state championships, as well as eight state final appearances, and eleven final four appearances Out of his fourteen years being there he took the Rams to twelve twenty-one win seasons. In 2007 Rivers was honored the sun’s all-metro coach of the year. Then in April of 2008 he got a offer to coach the shiloh high school basketball team, Who had been…

whole life I grew up playing AAU(Amateur Athletic Union) basketball for a non-profit amateur sports organization based in the United States. A multi-sport organization, the AAU is dedicated exclusively to the promotion and development of amateur sports and physical fitness programs. Ever since I watched my sister run up and down the court and put the ball in the hoop every Saturday and show her passion of loving the game, I knew that basketball was for me. I started playing on an actual team…

Ever since Blakey Hooper was a young girl, she was known for her work ethic and abilities on the basketball court. School came naturally to her – she never had a hard time understanding the curriculum even when it was hard to understand for most kids her age. If you were to walk by the beach courts on any given night, you would find the girl with carmel colored skin, curly brown hair that resembled a lion's mane and vibrant green eyes that were as green as perfectly watered grass in the summer…

Basketball has had a great impact in my life. I got my first little tykes basketball rim on my first birthday. By four years old I was playing at the YMCA in Jacksonville with other kids from my hometown. It was a great way for me to make friends. Ever since then I have been playing basketball. Since we were from a small town, many kids played basketball. I played with the same group of kids from four years old through eighth grade year of junior high. We had a great connection and those kids…