Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball

from winning. For example, in 2016 the Villanova Wildcats (located right outside of Philadelphia) won the NCAA Championship for the first time since 1985. One thing to know about Philadelphia is that it’s a…

The speech I chose for the assignment was Coach Jim Valvano’s 1993 ESPY’s speech, which was made while accepting the Arthur Ashe Courage Award. Coach Valvano, was fighting bone cancer at the time, and one may say that he gave one of the best speeches on perseverance and strength. While looking frail compared to his “normal” state, Valvano was able to bring the room to tears and demonstrate his enduring strength through his words. The first thing that builds the power of Valvano’s words was his…

three-point shot that won the game with 2 seconds left. After his senior year, he was named the Wisconsin Gatorade Player of the Year, the 2012 Parade All-American, the Associated Press All-State first team, and the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches’ Association’s Mr. Basketball Award. Overall, he held high recruiting rankings as he received four-stars from Scout, four-stars from ESPN, and three-stars from Rivals.com. Before beginning college, Dekker participated on the under-18 United States…

Basketball Fever Rick Pitino is the definition of greatness when the topic of Basketball coaches come up. He has lived an extraordinary life, from his childhood to his current years. A majority of those years involves basketball. You can tell a man loves what he does when he spends a good portion of his life doing it. And doing what Rick Pitino does, he has won many awards. But I don’t think it’s about the awards to most people. It’s just about the love of the game. And the love of the game can…

time while they are in college because they have to balance playing sports and school at the same time. This prohibits them from obtaining a part time job during their time in college. Basketball player Ben Simmons who played Division I basketball…

Basketball: The Greatest Sport Played Indoors Basketball is a very physically and mentally demanding sport, which is why michael Jordan once said this about basketball “ I’ve missed over 9000 shots in my career, lost almost 300 games, have been trusted 26 times to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” Because of its continuous action and frequent scoring, basketball is one of the most popular spectator as well as…