Articles for School Basketball

Raising their game
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Raising their game

China Daily  

Children in Nanling township in Lancang Lahu autonomous county, Yunnan province, take part in a basketball match. CHINA DAILY As Team China point guard Zhao Jiwei dribbled the basketball on the court of a remote elementary school in the mountainous areas of Southwest China's Yunnan province, a group of students, much shorter than him, fearlessly took turns trying to steal …

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Cam Boozer or AJ Dybantsa? Plus 10 more of the best players we saw at Peach Jam
5 months ago

Cam Boozer or AJ Dybantsa? Plus 10 more of the best players we saw at Peach Jam

New York Times  

NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. — AJ Dybantsa and Cam Boozer are widely considered the two best high school basketball players in the country, but picking one is no easy task. “That’s a healthy debate,” said one high-major head coach, granted anonymity because the NCAA does not permit staffers to comment on unsigned prospects. 1 player in the country be the hardest-playing …

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Intuit Dome features inspirational exhibit of 1,544 high school basketball jerseys
6 months ago

Intuit Dome features inspirational exhibit of 1,544 high school basketball jerseys

LA Times  

High school basketball jerseys from every team in California — 1,544 and counting — are being displayed on walls at the $1.8-billion Intuit Dome that opens in August. One by one, dozens of glass-framed high school basketball jerseys donated by almost every high school team in California — 1,544 and counting — are rising up on eight walls from the …

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How Indiana State basketball’s Josh Schertz rose from ‘anonymity’ to coaching star
10 months, 3 weeks ago

How Indiana State basketball’s Josh Schertz rose from ‘anonymity’ to coaching star

New York Times  

The 12-year-old boy held the ball in his left hand as he prepared to serve. “All that time I missed as a kid, I wasn’t able to get it back,” Schertz says. “The alternative is to not care about anyone or love anybody deeply and you don’t experience any pain, but you also don’t get the incredible moments and memories …

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Dartmouth tells NLRB that basketball players are students - for real - not employees
1 year, 2 months ago

Dartmouth tells NLRB that basketball players are students - for real - not employees

Associated Press  

BOSTON — Dartmouth College lawyers argued Thursday that the Ivy League school’s basketball players should not be considered employees because they are unpaid members of a money-losing program whose need-based scholarships don’t depend on their participation or talent. In a National Labor Relations Board hearing to determine whether the team should be allowed to unionize, school attorney Joe McConnell said …

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Coach LeBron, Cooper Flagg leads a Big 3 and Bama’s overhaul: Peach Jam wrap-up
1 year, 5 months ago

Coach LeBron, Cooper Flagg leads a Big 3 and Bama’s overhaul: Peach Jam wrap-up

New York Times  

NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. — For all the palpable anxiety among college coaches at Nike’s Peach Jam about the tenuous, teetering nature of roster construction or unwieldy NIL issues and the threat of looming NCAA enforcement, there was one topic that generated no uncertainty or pushback: There are three truly elite high school players right now, guys with the potential to …

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At New Mexico St, a meltdown that runs beyond basketball
1 year, 9 months ago

At New Mexico St, a meltdown that runs beyond basketball

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! LAS CRUCES, N.M. — Of all the troubling video made public over a year of crisis at New Mexico State – from the brawl involving basketball players to the fatal shooting of a 19-year-old, allegedly by one of those players, to the police interviews with …

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Spectator dies after melee at middle school basketball game
1 year, 10 months ago

Spectator dies after melee at middle school basketball game

Associated Press  

ALBURGH, Vt. — A brawl broke out among spectators at a middle school basketball game in northern Vermont, and a 60-year-old man who participated in the fight died, police said. State troopers were called to the Alburgh Community Education Center just before 7 p.m. Tuesday after a report of a large fight involving spectators during a seventh- and eighth-grade boys …

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NCAA accuses Louisville, Mack of additional allegations
3 years, 2 months ago

NCAA accuses Louisville, Mack of additional allegations

Associated Press  

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The NCAA has amended its Notice of Allegations against Louisville, adding additional violations committed by the men’s basketball program that include impermissible activities and accusations coach Chris Mack did not promote an atmosphere for compliance. The NCAA alleges Louisville: — Allowed graduate assistants, managers and noncoaching staffers to conduct impermissible activities with current players; — Produced, showed …

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A mother’s fight, a son’s love: How Dereck Lively became the player and young man every school wanted — and Duke got
3 years, 3 months ago

A mother’s fight, a son’s love: How Dereck Lively became the player and young man every school wanted — and Duke got

New York Times  

WEST CHESTER, Pa. — With the sunlight fading into the early fall evening, Dereck Lively stepped outside of the athletic center at Westtown School and announced his decision to play at Duke. Dereck Lively Sr. died unexpectedly in January 2012, leaving behind a confused 7-year-old who couldn’t understand why the man he said was like a “superhero,’’ wasn’t around anymore. …

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Emoni Bates is an NBA inevitability. The path, his college decision, the control … that’s more complicated
3 years, 4 months ago

Emoni Bates is an NBA inevitability. The path, his college decision, the control … that’s more complicated

New York Times  

Editor’s note: This story was originally published on March 3, 2021. “ESPN agreed that they were going to run a story about Emoni and Ypsi Prep, and then it was sort of, ‘Oh, and hey, by the way, if you guys are OK with it, we’re going to announce a commitment to Michigan State too,'” Haney says. Reached by phone …

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14-year-old girl becomes China's basketball hopeful
3 years, 5 months ago

14-year-old girl becomes China's basketball hopeful

China Daily  

BEIJING -- A video of a 2.26-meter-tall girl dominating China's National U15 Women's Basketball Championship final has gone viral on the internet, reminding many in China of basketball legend Yao Ming. The girl in the video, Zhang Ziyu, who is significantly taller than everyone else on the court, met no challenges when she pocketed 42 points, 25 rebounds and six …

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The inspiration for Ted Lasso? Meet Jason Sudeikis’ Wooden-quoting Kansas high school coach
3 years, 9 months ago

The inspiration for Ted Lasso? Meet Jason Sudeikis’ Wooden-quoting Kansas high school coach

New York Times  

Editor’s note: Apple TV+ has announced that Season 2 of “Ted Lasso” will be available on July 23. “The Pyramid of Success,” Sudeikis said in November, on a podcast with soccer writer Grant Wahl, “ was something that my high school basketball coach, Donnie Campbell at Shawnee Mission West, he used to quote a lot.” Campbell is one high school …

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After rise at Arizona, Zeke Nnaji arrives as a high-motor player in Denver
4 years, 1 month ago

After rise at Arizona, Zeke Nnaji arrives as a high-motor player in Denver

New York Times  

Twenty-two has always been Zeke Nnaji’s number. That really made me who I am today.” In his senior year, Nnaji helped his high school team to the Minnesota 4A championship. “If you look at Zeke’s one year with us as a freshman, there are very few you can compare him to,” Miller said. “He had arguably one of the top …

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