This is what one coach in tonight’s national championship of college basketball was asked about Sunday:
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This is what becomes a common theme in such times: That when you consider what Wichita State did in college basketball this season that it should give hope to hundreds of teams around the country that such a journey is possible.
Spencer Haywood is still on the outside looking in at the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame after all. The 63-year-old Las Vegas resident admitted Saturday he did not make it into the Class of 2013.
Finally, Jerry Tarkanian has made it. After more than 20 years of trying, Tarkanian, who led UNLV to the 1990 national championship and four Final Fours, has been voted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame as a member of its Class of 2013.
ATLANTA — He wanted the life of a small town, a place to play basketball and be educated and become a man. His was a goal to experience a calmer, quieter existence when it came time to select a college.
ATLANTA — Syracuse is brimming with confidence, largely because of its suffocating style when the other team has the ball.
ATLANTA — Louisville already had the bigger names, the better team and some unfinished business after coming up short in last year’s Final Four.
Twelve years ago, Rick Pitino pulled the plug on his plans to become UNLV’s basketball coach. Of course, he landed in Louisville instead, and the story of how that scenario unfolded is old news.
Glenn Robinson III is a freshman at Michigan. One of his classes is a humanities course titled “The Cultures of Basketball.” Earlier this year, a certain team was covered in the curriculum, one whose style and attitude altered the game forever.
The Findlay Prep boys basketball team saw its 54-game winning streak come to an end Friday. Now, the Pilots must wait to find out if their chances of winning a mythical national championship disappeared with it.
As expected, Mike Moser is not returning to UNLV for his senior season. But he’s not planning to enter the NBA Draft.
The Henderson-based Findlay Prep will play in the semifinals of the 2013 National High School Invitational today at Georgetown Prep in North Bethesda, Md.
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — The Rutgers basketball scandal claimed two more university officials on Friday, including the athletic director and an interim senior vice president, who were involved in a decision to “rehabilitate” rather than fire the coach whose abusive behavior was captured on a video.
Las Vegas resident Gary Payton, a defensive stalwart during his 17-year NBA career, learned Thursday he made it into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility.
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