College basketball

born to the age of 18. As of right now, AJ attends the University of New Orleans. He was not going to attend UNO if it was not for his mother who influenced him to enroll. AJ’s major is Human Performance and Health Promotion. AJ wishes to become a college…

was six, I loved to play basketball and go to church. I loved basketball so much that I played basketball for three hours every day in the morning, and my favorite thing on the weekends was church service. As a little kid I dreamed of becoming a basketball player and after retiring, becoming a pastor. As I grew, basketball took over my life. Duke gave me a full ride to come play for them. I had to skip church to go to practice sometimes. One night after my first college game, where I recorded a…

going to outwork you. That’s it. That’s all there is to it. Pat Summitt was a legendary head coach for Tennessee from 1974-2012. Upon her retirement she had amassed 1,098 career wins which at the time of her departure was the highest total in college basketball history for both male and female competition. In August 2011 it became public that she had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's, which ended her coaching career. Through her 38 years of coaching and many years of playing the game herself, she…

do these people have in common? They play basketball. It is playable at many different levels. There are high school, college, professional, and even international teams. Basketball has become so popular due to the simplicity of it. The game as we know it wasn 't always the way we think of it today. Basketball has evolved in many ways over the years with all the history, rules refinements, rule additions, and the basic play. Today 's version of basketball is very different from the original…

obstacles, overcame restrictions, and had incredible persistence. Although Berenson can be argued as the biggest sport advocate to basketball players worldwide, so can James Naismith because he showed great amounts of perseverance in his successful attempt of creating men 's basketball, eight years prior to Berenson. It is essential to understand that the first women 's basketball game did use James Naismith 's version of the game, but Berenson later…

championship game, Hannahville inbounds the ball, and I steal it. Three, two, one, I have a wide open layup, and I choke. Preparing for the championship game was a struggle, physically and mentally. We all put in hard work, and were determined to win. Our basketball team hadn’t won a championship game since 1992. It was my senior year and my last shot at redemption against the defending champs. The whole season we only lost one game, we were projected to lose, and we were the underdogs. We had…

College sports have become a universal pastime for many Americans. Popularity of college sports has peaked with the 2014 inaugural college football playoffs, becoming “[t]he two most-watched broadcasts in cable TV history,” with a combined total of 56.5 million viewers between the two semifinal games according to CNN (Pallotta). Young men playing college sports are exciting as it brings back the college atmosphere that many older individuals crave. However, some question if African-American…

of Ken Carter who returns to his former high school to bring back the basketball team. This school was in an African American community, where graduating only occurred about half of the time. The school allowed the players to walk around like they were above the law and saw basketball as the best times of the lives of many of the players- not the potential of them to be successful in school, let alone graduate or go to college. Carter changed the lives of many by changing the expectations of the…

Ever since, I was young everyone expected me to play college basketball. Ishaq everyone we know he's colleges never contact me. Instead of being a player on the floor I'm now a manager on the side. It's different than what I'm used to but even though I can't play I still want to be a part of the program, I love basketball. As a manager I assist the players and coaches whenever they need with whatever needs to be done. That can be anything from washing the players uniforms to assisting the team…

Sports Do you think basketball is fun? Basketball makes people get active. More kids can get exercise instead of playing on the Xboxone or PlayStation4. You need to have good skills to play. Like dribbling, shooting, passing, confidence and you need to be aggressive. You have to focus on hard skills development. Hard skills are acquired through intentional focus and repetition such as shooting. On the basketball court you must only have 5 players on the court. If a person makes 5…