Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball

during this month, Thanksgiving round 2 (Easter) also sometimes occurs, and even my birthday falls into this period. While all these things are awesome, none of them compare to the greatest event that takes place during the month of March: The Men’s NCAA Basketball Tournament, also known as MARCH MADNESS. While a single-elimination tournament is exciting on any plane of competition, one unique aspect of March Madness keeps fans coming back and makes this event one of the greatest, if not the…

Pat Summit and Mike Krzyzewski are two Division I basketball coaches who are very successful with two different concepts of coaching. They both have led their teams to an endless amount of victories over their long careers. It has taken game after game for these coaches to discover their coaching styles, but their win to loss ratio infers that they both have dominated their ability to lead teams to be successful. Both Pat Summit and Mike Krzyzewski might both be coaches that have a winning…

Imagine losing a family member or close friend. This is what happened to the Nba all-star Isaiah Thomas right before a playoff game. Isaiah Thomas is a Nba all-star for the Boston Celtics who sister died in a car crash on April 15, 2017. Isaiah Thomas was able to overcome the difficulties of his sister’s death because of his love, perseverance, and loyalty. Isaiah Thomas had to overcome the challenge of his sister Chyna dying. For example, the website, “Nba.com” states, “Chyna Thomas had been…

There is a lot of controversy revolving around if college athletes should be paid for playing. I 'm here to tell you that I believe they should be paid for their services. There are many reasons why this should be in effect real soon and I 'm going to explain why. First off, I think the biggest reason of why they should get paid is that these colleges make large revenue off of these athletes’ talents these colleges are making millions of dollars a year in revenue and refuse to pay these…

After reading the comments of my peers from project two. I can confidently say that the majority of the class liked my piece about Guantanamo Bay. I am extremely grateful for the ones that liked it gave me positive feedback. I am also grateful to the people that critiqued my work. This will allow me to go back and make the changes I need to make my piece that much stronger. The critique that came out the most was the critique of me not having a clear-cut audience. I am aware of that mistake and…

transportation going there and back which means they end up missing their classes without a way to make them up, that really interferes with their studies(He 2015). The NBA only takes 60 players a year from college where their are thousands of college basketball players. Thats shows the small amount of people that actually make it the rest need to go out into the real work force and get a real 40 hour a week job for the rest of their working lives without any starting money because they weren 't…

A former UCLA basketball player, Ed O’Bannon, filed a class-action lawsuit against the NCAA, which stands for National Collegiate Athletic Association, for his likeness being used in a video game without his consent or reimbursement. According to the NCAA amateurism rules college basketball players are not allowed to paid, and thus makes them an amateur. The rules state that players may not accept benefits or payments of any type. College basketball players should be paid in some way due to the…

would get an early sense of financial awareness before going to the pros. Third and final reason is the NCAA acts as an employer but gives nothing back. College athletes have such busy schedules. For example star Forward for the Carolina Tar Heels Basketball team, Justin Jackson wakes up around 8am has weights at 830 and has practice from 9:30 to 11:30 and then eats lunch. He then has “classes” from 1-4 and then has practice again from 5 to around 7 and then has shoot around at 9. Justin…

First, many D1 colleges receive millions of dollars each year in revenue thanks to their athletes. "College basketball players receive nothing from the 8.8 billion NCAA tournament television contract. College football players must toil voluntarily for coaches like UCLA's Jim Mora". (Plaschke) This example suggests even though the athletes are the reason for most…

“Beware! Beware! Ides of March.” Ladies and gentlemen are you ready for the craziest season of March madness. I mean crazy, some of these teams have some powers they can use to their advantage. Maryland has a player named John Mary that can walk in the air because land generate under him. There is a couple different ways Maryland can use this to their advantage. First this one-of-a-kind player can stay above the opponent's goal and“ when the other team gets a point they can throw the ball to…