With St. John’s up 2 in the Big East Tournament, the Red Storm’s Justin Brownlee grabbed a loose ball, thought the game was over, took a couple of steps, stepped out of bounds and threw the ball into the stands while the final 1.7 seconds ticked off the clock. The ball should have gone to [...]

First of all, we need to be reminded on why the Smart Gilas program was established in the first place. Essentially, the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) was starting to get tired of lending its players to the National Team, and not getting consistent, good results (i.e., medal standing finishes). The Samahang Basketbolista ng Pilipinas or [...]

The basketball world is in mourning following the death of American coaching legend John Wooden. (Discuss John Wooden in our college basketball forum) Nicknamed the ‘Wizard of Westwood’ for his incredible success at UCLA, Wooden passed away on Friday at the age of 99. He died of natural causes. Wooden had no equals, and never [...]

Mike Krzyzewski has already has been inducted into the National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame and has coached an Olympic Gold Medal team. Now he won his fourth NCAA title. (Discuss Duke Basketball, Butler and March Madness in our forum) In one of the best television games of all time, Duke edged Butler, 61-59. Butler [...]

Africa Lamine Diame (Senegal) New Mexico State Makhtar Diop (Senegal) New Mexico State Abdoulaye N’doye (Senegal) New Mexico State Adetunji Adedipe (Nigeria) Ohio University Solomon Alabi (Nigeria) Florida State Festus Ezeli (Nigeria) Vanderbilt Steve Tchiengang (Cameroon) Vanderbilt Georges Fotso (Cameroon) Murray State Talib Zanna (Nigeria) Pittsburgh Charles Abouo (Ivory Coast) BYU Kenny Kadji (Cameroon) Florida [...]

The influx of international-born players into college athletic programs has triggered a proposed change that would allow NCAA coaches in most sports to recruit athletes from professional teams. (Talk about the proposed NCAA change in our forums) According to ESPN: Michael Rogers, chair of the NCAA Division I Amateurism Cabinet, said that coaches associations have lined [...]

A New York Times article recently ran chronicling Tim Bassett’s experience as a former NCAA star, ABA and NBA player in the 1960s and 1970s. Specifically, the article touches upon the racism that Bassett faced in college basketball when he left Idaho for the University of Georgia. The article displays a side of Adolph Rupp [...]