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Known as a top recruiter, Earl Grant recently became the 13th head coach at Boston College. Under Grant's leadership the College of Charleston was one of only 21 NCAA Division I schools to have players drafted in both the 2019 and 2020 NBA Dra
She's a pioneer in the world of grassroots basketball. ReeCee (Aisha) Hollans is the first female in charge of a grassroots basketball circuit. She was born and raised in the Bay Area while winning a state championship at Berkley High School.
He's had to build a brand new coach staff during a pandemic. Agreeing to a 5 year deal Ben Johnson joins his alma mater after spending 3 seasons at Xavier as an assistant coach.Johnson helped lead Xavier to consecutive top-30 recruiting clas
The sports card trading market is absolutely blowing up right now. If you're hold a Michael Jordan rookie card in a high-grade condition, you are sitting on hundreds of thousands of dollars. So what (and who) is behind the madness? Mike
Rachel Baker may be the most influential person in the world of grassroots basketball that the average college basketball fan has not heard of. She grew up the son of longtime college and professional coach Rod Baker, began interning with Nike
Rebecca Bonner comes from one of the more well known basketball families in New England. She played her college ball at Stanford and Boston University and later had a pro career overseas. After coaching stints at Louisville and Maryland, Beck
The Coaches vs Cancer initiative kicks off this week, January 25-31. Head Coaches around the country will wear sneakers with their suits during games to create awareness for the cause.Current Michigan assistant and long-time St. Joseph's coac
The Ivy League was one of the first conferences to opt out of the 2020-2021 basketball season. In 21 years at the helm in New Haven, Jones has never had a single player transfer. He also has finished in the top four in the Ivy every single s
Mohegan Sun was the host site for one of college basketball's first 'bubbles' in 2020. The sheer size of the property and the amenities that the Uncasville, Connecticut property offered made it alluring for teams to feel they were putting the
He was 5'9" as a high school freshman leading his team to a league title in Massachusetts. A few short years later growing to 6'6" Michael Carter-Williams would become the 2014 NBA Rookie of the Year. Now, this Syracuse University alum is in
He's recruited for and studied under the likes of Lute Olson and John Calipari. In 2017, Joshua Pastner was named the ACC Coach of the year in just his first year at Georgia Tech. This self-claimed 'gym rat' catches up with Adam as he readies h
When the city your school is located is one of your biggest recruiting weapons and you can't have in person visits, how do you overcome such an obstacle? That's been one of the challenges that Tulane's Wes Fritz and the coaching staff located
He was one of the most prolific pure shooters in all of college basketball, and still holds the Atlantic 10 record for 3 pointers made from his time playing for his dad at the University of RI. Now, after an 11 year pro career overseas, Jimmy B
Even though he's coached and had success at just about every level in the game, Arkansas head coach Eric Musselman is constantly looking to innovate and learn. As college basketball attempts to push through the Pandemic, the 2nd year Razorback
At the end of the 2019-2020 season, the URI Rams had some serious roster holes to fill. That's when David Cox went to work. Now with the additions of transfers Jalen Carey, Malik Martin, along with the Mitchell twin and others, the new look R
Entering his 3rd year as head coach of the Bryant Bulldogs, Jared Grasso has offered nearly 500 scholarships. How does the coach of a mid-major playing in the Northeast Conference expect to land top talent? Find out as host Adam Finkelstein t
He's the man behind the scenes of some of the NBA's biggest stars. Rob McClanaghan has worked with Steph Curry, Derrick Rose, Kevin Durant and John Wall just to name a few. His book 'Net Work' gave fans a unique look at the world of the NBA s
After more than 40 years in the business of being a professional scout, the legendary career of Tom Konchalski is coming to an end. He was the first scout to tell then North Carolina assistant Roy Williams about a talented kid out of Wilmingto
Kenny Blakeney took over as head basketball coach at Howard over a season ago and is already having a huge impact, not only on the basketball community at Howard but at the University as a whole. Outside of basketball, Blakeney is an entrepren
There's certainly more to future Hall of Fame coach Bob Huggins than meets the eye. Most fans glimpse of the Morgantown native is that of a hard-nosed sideline general. Those close to Huggins know there's a lot more to understand. Beloved by h
Bryce Drew came to national attention as a player in the 1998 NCAA tournament as 13 seeded Valparaiso upset 4 seed Ole Miss on Drew's buzzer-beating bomb. Now in his third head coaching job and 1st year with a rebuilding Grand Canyon, Drew dis
Team Takeover CEO Keith Stevens is one of the most influential people in the basketball world that most average fans have never heard of. His Nike sponsored grassroots program is annually one of the nation's best with dozens of alums competing
How does a coach get his team ready during a pandemic? USF head coach Brian Gregory sheds some light on the challenges, procedures and pitfalls of navigating pre-season conditioning drills while trying to keep his student athletes safe.Gregor
21 minority Big East assistants have announced theyβve formed Coaches For Action, a coalition created to use their platform of athletics to educate and bring awareness to social injustices.Four of the coalition member coaches joined Adam Fink
In 1921 one of the nation's most heinous acts of racial injustice occurred on the streets of Tulsa, Oklahoma.Tulsa was home to one of the most prosperous African American communities in the country. Nicknamed, 'Black Wall Street', hundreds of
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