11.04.2011 at 12:49am - Basketball Times, Posted in: Uncategorized, Hits: 337
Being short stinks. You can't reach groceries on the top shelf at the store. You can't see at concerts. And you'll never get a Division 1 college basketball scholarship. Well, usually.
But a guy named Eric Valentin is making all us shorties feel a whole lot better about our lot in life. The 5 foot 4 guard worked his butt off to get a walk on spot on the University of Wisconsin Green Bay Phoenix roster. But his summer job kept him from devoting himself to the type of workouts a Division 1 athlete has to maintain to stay in tip top shape.
11.03.2011 at 11:10pm - admin, Posted in: Uncategorized, Hits: 228
After 17 years of being eligible for the Basketball Hall of Fame and not being welcomed into that elite club, Artis Gilmore tried to do what he did best on the court during most of his playing career. He blocked it out.
09.18.2011 at 9:20pm - admin, Posted in: General News, Hits: 219
If there is anything miraculous inherent in a college basketball team taking an international tour, it likely exists in a player’s first glance at the Eiffel Tower, or walk through St. Peter’s Basilica or dip in the turquoise waters nestling a white Bahamas beach.
09.18.2011 at 9:22pm - admin, Posted in: Uncategorized, Hits: 162
KNOXVILLE — On a hometown stage in St. Louis last March, Cuonzo Martin delivered an intimate maxim.
"You don’t know your future, you don’t know your tomorrow.”
Martin’s tone was reflective. It was the evening of the2011 Missouri Valley Conference awards banquet. The concentric circles of his life had converged to that single moment. His road from ramshackle East St. Louis, to high school basketball star, to standout at Purdue, to hobbled player with knees that didn’t match his age, to assistant coach at Purdue, to cancer survivor, and all the way to head coach at Missouri State, led directly to that day — the day he was named MVC coach of the year.
11.08.2011 at 8:24am - Basketball Times, Posted in: Uncategorized, Hits: 141
In case you missed the news that broke late last week -- and perhaps were distracted by Halloween candy and college football all weekend -- here's a quick update on three injuries in the college basketball world:
11.23.2011 at 3:53pm - Basketball Times, Posted in: Uncategorized, Hits: 308
LAHAINA, HAWAII — An overflow crowd in a gymnasium that seats 2,800 and a global television audience will watch two of the top-four-winningest college basketball programs duke it out Wednesday for the Maui Invitational title. The game features the game’s winningest coach, Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski, and a decided underdog, Kansas, not accustomed to the role. – Lawrence Journal World
11.29.2011 at 9:52am - Basketball Times, Posted in: General News, Hits: 205
Jim Boeheim must eat his words ...
11.30.2011 at 9:41am - Basketball Times, Posted in: Uncategorized, Hits: 230
While an underachieving ACC braces itself tonight for the ACC-Big Ten Challenge ...
11.30.2011 at 9:38am - Basketball Times, Posted in: Uncategorized, Hits: 190
From the Mount Rushmore of Active Coaches:
12.01.2011 at 8:43am - Basketball Times, Posted in: Uncategorized, Hits: 209
The next two games for the No. 1 Kentucky Wildcats ...
12.02.2011 at 8:30am - Basketball Times, Posted in: Uncategorized, Hits: 203
The themes for the day are shooting and defense.
12.05.2011 at 8:04am - Basketball Times, Posted in: General News, Hits: 213
Sunday was a huge day for the Missouri Valley Conference.