Just over three years ago, Findlay Prep forward Winston Shepard made waves in the college basketball recruiting world by decommitting from the University of Texas to play at San Diego State.
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The future is always about three weeks in March, because fair or not, sensible or foolish, right or wrong, college basketball teams and those who coach them are ultimately judged on how they perform once the madness begins.
It may have been hard to determine who was the favorite of the audience Tuesday at Wynn Las Vegas. But a mile or so away at the MGM Grand Garden, there was no debate who the most popular person was. Kobe Bryant was back in town, and Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders could only wish they had a scintilla of the adulation that the fans had for Bryant.
Golden State guard Stephen Curry offered a mock apology on Tuesday to the team’s critics for winning the NBA championship in June.
Leave it to Kobe Bryant to put things in their proper perspective when it comes to the Los Angeles Lakers.
Before Thursday, the only time I had spoken with Vlade Divac was years ago. It was Vlade, local radio personality Seat Williams and me sitting in a tiny radio station DJ cubicle.
Dave Rice has been talking about a faster-paced style of play, and in the meantime, the UNLV basketball coach is not slowing down on the recruiting trail.
Atlanta Hawks player Thabo Sefolosha was acquitted by a jury on Friday of all charges related to an April confrontation with New York City police outside a nightclub that left him with a broken leg.
During his high school years, when Jerome Seagears visited Las Vegas for summer basketball tournaments, the thought of staying here for college crossed his mind. He never had that option, however.
Bryant University assistant coach Chris Burns will spend this season as the first openly gay men’s coach in Division I college basketball history.