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Mathematics is a significant part of the game. Statistics, percentages, time/distance increments and the geometry of the game all make basketball easier to understand and to play. Basketball math can make points with a clarity easily comprehended. On Offense without Ball & Defense Perhaps the best example is using math to illustrate the ...

People often believe that clutch players step up when it counts and perform better under stress.  But economist Dan Ariely studied how NBA basketball players performed in the playoffs and found that “clutch” players scoring performance as a percentage was no different in the final five minutes of the game vs. any random five minutes of the ...

Area Coaches Answer Parents and Student’s Questions and Help Understand Athletics Today Family SportsLife Today presents the fourth annual symposium “Expectations and Revelations: an Insight to the Process of Intercollegiate Recruiting”. The symposium will be held Saturday May 30, 2009, in the Assembly Room of Hec Ed Pavilion. ...

thank you so much for your kind, caring thoughts and comments at this time...I've lost a great friend, mentor and father now, and this whole experience has been undeniably a most humbling event...His influence on teaching the game and keeping it simple for players and coaches at all levels is the mantra that will always be associated with his ...

...with the loss of Pete Newell today.  Please leave your thoughts and best wishes for Tom and his family in the comments. - Jay and GuyFamilySportsLifeToday.com    

Dallas Maverick owner Mark Cuban posts frequently on basketball, technology, media, and business on his personal blog, BlogMaverick.com.  His post on April 9th asks whether 18 or 19 year-olds are ready for the personal, financial, and business decisions that go along with their new career. From the perspective of an NBA owner, maturity is ...

The Seattle Times has a story today on Seattle U's plans for a major fundraising campaign.  Increases in the university's endowment will be used for new facilities including a new library and hi-tech classrooms, new scholarships, a fund for travel for religious study, and new fitness center and athletic facilities.  Seattle U ...

April 6, 2008...Sunday afternoon... I LOVE the Final Four...no, I LOVE college basketball in March and April as it truly defines teams' characters, courage, resiliency, hope, and the ability to push through adversity, no matter what the score is... Watching UNC's demise last night on TV, was a painful exhibition and had to take Coach Williams ...

Bob Knight, former coach at teams in Texas Tech and Indiana, introduced Coach Pete Newell at his induction into the Breitbard Hall of Fame in the San Diego Hall of Champions. He said "I don't know anyone that has contributed more to basketball over a longer period of time than Pete Newell has." Video is available at ...

March 3, 2008...San Diego, California... I am blessed to have this opportunity to be with my family and visit my father, Pete Newell, 92 years young, over this past weekend and tomorrow night's festivities of him being honored into the San Diego Hall of Champions program...He once was the General Manager of the San Diego Rockets before they ...