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Basketball Coaching Book Review: “Destination Basketball” by Andrew Hemminger and Dave Bensch
Coaches,
I had some time over Christmas break to do a little bit of reading when I wasn’t watching “Dora” or the “Backyardigans” with my little girl. I have to admit that I have been swamped with book reviews and dvd reviews so I finally caught up on the break.
I was sent a book named “Destination Basketball” and it isn’t a basketball coaching book, but just a book for college basketball fans. It was a really interesting read and I couldn’t put it down. It is about two college student who on a shoe-string budget decided to meet 29 of the best basketball coaches in the country. It took 23 road trips, 421 days, 1,134 phone calls, 2,314 emails, 27, 125 miles driven to compile this book.
Here is why I wasn’t a basketball coach and just a college basketball fan that I would want to read this book. The concept was to not ask about a single play, player, game or season, but their methods, their influences, their experiences, and their time within basketball. I love reading books on coaches whether it is basketball or football. I couldn’t put this book down, because it was really funny to see how Andew Hemminger and Dave Bensch went on this path to talk with the best 29 basketball coaches in america. They spoke to all 29 basketball coaches in person and there were no interviews given on the phone, letters, emails, or faxes. In these times, where college basketball coaches have non-stop schedules that is amazing.
They took pictures of themselves with each coach except for Jamie Dixon. They forgot the camera and the SID department sent them a picture. Each interview gives background on the basketball coach and then they go through a series of questions. They didn’t use the same questions on each coach. I thought that it was a tremendous idea and wish that I could have went on the trips. The book reads like you are on the trip.
One of the interviews was John Chaney, formerly of Temple University and he said this of the interview. “It is more of a human kind of interview where the question touches you a little bit more, and it gives you a relaxing feeling when you are able to talk about some of your experiences”.
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I can’t say enough on how I thought that Andrew and Dave did a tremendous job on their book and I really appeciate them sending me a copy to read. I would give this book a 5 out of 5 stars. It is a tremendous book for college basketball fans who want some insight on 29 of the best basketball coaches in the country.
Coach Peterman
PS: Here are some excerpts and at the bottom of the article is where you can find the book.
from the JOHN WOODEN STORY…
We spotted a nearby elevator and figured it was where he would
appear. With time to assess the situation before the doors opened
and despite being so close, we still could not believe that Coach
Wooden was on his way down to greet us. With a ding, the metal
doors swung open and there he stood with the assistance of a
wooden cane, dressed in a button down shirt, slacks and a
UCLA-blue vest. We shook his hand and introduced ourselves as
the doors closed behind us.
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from the DEAN SMITH STORY…
Trying to thwart off any mishaps in transit, we left the hotel
more than 90 minutes ahead of our scheduled time and
headed toward the Dean E. Smith Center to meet Dean E. Smith,
which was less than six miles from our hotel.
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from the THAD MATTA INTERVIEW…
Who have been the biggest influences on you, in and
out of hoops?
Matta: Obviously my mom and dad. My dad was a coach
and an athletic director, and all I ever wanted in life was to be
him. I wanted to coach in a little town in Illinois because we had
such a great life.
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from the BILLY DONOVAN STORY…
Honestly, it took us 373 days to land an interview with him, which
when you think about it is a great sign for the state of college
basketball. It would not be good if he were relatively non-busy
and his time was easily accessible.
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from the BILL SELF INTERVIEW…
This job is described as your dream job, as it would be for a
lot of people. Can you sum up the job as the head coach at KU?
Self: Definitely it is everything I thought it would be, maybe
even better than I thought it would be, and I thought it would be
great. If I could sum up anything, the right word would be
caretaker, because it is such an honor and great responsibility to
be a caretaker of a program with such great names such as Naismith,
Dean Smith and Chamberlain. It is an awesome responsibility to sit
in that chair.
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from the MIKE KRZYZEWSKI STORY…
When the transition time came, we followed Jon and Coach K out
into the lobby area and waited as Coach K spoke momentarily with
several other people. As he turned around, Jon introduced us, which
was followed by the extension of a right hand and
“Hi guys. Mike Krzyzewski.”
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from the RICK BARNES STORY…
With a 100 guesses I bet you couldn’t come up with where we were
able to secure some time with Coach Barnes. I’m pretty confident
that if you have bothered to take 100 cracks at it you would not
have put the Cracker Barrel restaurant off I-40’s Exit 125 in Hickory,
North Carolina, on your list.
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from the JIM CALHOUN INTERVIEW…
What do you hope your players take away from their
experience with you?
Calhoun: I hope that they understand that to be good at
anything you have to accept working hard. That we set a precedent
and standard basketball-wise, academically, socially, etc. You are
going to have to work and no one is just going to hand anything
over to you.
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from the ROY WILLIAMS STORY…
Sometimes in meeting coaches, we were thrown right into the fire
and didn’t have that nervous period of anticipation time. In this
case, things worked out beautifully. We waited for about 10 minutes
in the office alone before a nearby door opened and Coach Williams
emerged.
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from the GENE KEADY STORY…
Informing us that we were the first strangers that he had ever
invited into his home, he also let us know that his wife was in the
back bedroom with a .38 revolver under her pillow just in case.
We think he was kidding, but we weren’t completely certain at that
moment. Remembering his intimidating demeanor on the sidelines,
Coach Keady was the exact opposite, nothing short of extremely
kind for the entire two-hour conversation.
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from the TOM IZZO INTERVIEW…
Izzo: I am not sure that I want to be patient because
I have a small window with my players. I have at most four years
with them, and a lot of times it determines the girl they marry and
the life they will live, by what you do in college and the image you
portray, and that is all in that little window. I always hear about
having patience, but patience is something I don’t know if I want
to have, I would rather have understanding. Everybody is going to
move at a different speed. But the venue I am in, with how long
you get to graduate, how long you get to become an NBA player,
how long you get to win a national championship, how long you
get to set your footprint in the sand here, that doesn’t have any
patience, so how can I?
The Euroleague 2008-2009 is the ninth international basketball club competition for elite clubs throughout Europe under the ULEB umbrella. The season features 24 teams from 13 different countries and will culminate in the 2008-2009 Euroleague Final Tour at the new 02 World Arena in Berlin Germany. The defending champions are CSKA Moscow. While the general structure of the competition is identical to that used in recent seasons, some changes have been made to the format for two phases of the game that is the regular season and quarterfinals.
List of Teams Participating in the Euroleague 2009
1. Spain—TAU Ceramica
2. Italy—Montepesachi Siena
3. Greece—Panathinaikos Athens
4. Turkey—Fenerbahce Ulker
5. France—SLUC Nancy
6. Lithunia—Zalgiris Kaunas
7. Germany—ALBA Berlin
8. Croatia—Cibona Zagreb
9. Russia—CSKA Moscow
10. Israel—Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv
11. Slovenia—Union Olimpija Ljubljana
12. Serbia—Partizan Igokea
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13. Poland—Asseco Prokam Sopot
Format of the Game
Regular Session: – The first phase shall be a regular session in which the competing teams are drawn into four groups, each consisting six teams. Each player plays against other team in its group at home and away. This shall result in ten games for each team in the first stage. The top four teams in each group advance to the next round. This is the first year for this kind of format as previously the competing teams were split into three groups of eight teams each; with top five teams in each group plus the best sixth place team advancing.
Top 16:- The surviving teams are divided into four groups of four teams each, then a round robin system is adopted that results in 6 games each. Tiebreakers are identical to those used in the regular session. Games will be held from January 28 till March 13.
Quarter Finals: – In quarter finals, the top 16 teams play second placed teams from different groups in the best-of-five playoff series. The winners are advanced to the final four.
Final four: – The culminating stage of the Euroleague in which four remaining teams play a significant semifinal match and the winners of those advance to the final stage. The losers play in a third-place playoff. The victorious team in the Final will be the Euroleague Champion. The Final four live games will be played from May 1 to May 3 2009.
Top 16:- The top 16 stage will be played from January 28 to March 12, 2009. The draw was made on January 19 at Barcelona. The group winners in the regular season were drawn from one pot and the runners up from another pot. The teams in the 3rd place from one pot and those in the 4th place were from another pot. Teams that played in the same group in the regular session can’t meet again in the Top 16.
Everyone is looking forward to the finals of Euroleague as it promises to be a breath taking display of talent by all the teams.
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You are probably researching NBA stats for your fantasy basketball game. We are glad to help your fantasy basketball team win so here’s a review of the current player ratings. We hope you find it helpful and good luck with your fantasy basketball team.
By the time you get to read this, the National Basketball Association would have gone through 35 to 40 basketball games. Those figures mean we are on our way towards the half of the season.
When it comes to fantasy basketball, however, there is a variance in the value compared to the actual NBA game. So for this article, we will not give you the “oh name the best athlete/star player” game. What we will tell you immediately is the names of the valuable fantasy players who have done great performances up to this point in the season. Now, we shall do this by not only pointing the value of that particular player, but also taking into consideration the value where these NBA players were drafted to.
Here is the list of players. All of them are expected to keep up the great performance they’ve been doing for the rest of the NBA season. So, start writing and checking whether you should be amending some of the fantasy basketball draft picks you’ve made.
Fantasy Basketball Players to Watch For # 1: Dorell Wright of the San Francisco Warriors
They said that there is no player that has outperformed his draft status. Wright is knocking 2.6 points per game in spite of not making enough 3 pointers the season before. Yes he is widely inconsistent and his team is not motivating him enough, but he remains to be in the top 35 and is a good player to have in your fantasy team.
Fantasy Basketball Players to Watch For # 2: Wilson Chandler of the New York Knicks
Chandler is known as an elite shot blocker. Though it is worthy to point out that he has barely over one block per game as the past 17 contest would show you, Chandler’s 3-point shooting skills can be inconsistent. Chandler is a New York Knicks trade asset. Chandler is outperforming his projection throughout the season. Some people say he is a fluke. So if you own him, you might want to trade him now in your fantasy basketball league while he is hot.
Fantasy Basketball Players to Watch For # 3: Wesley Matthew from the Portland Trail Blazers
He is in the same situation as Chandler. He has fair performance with steals and free throws. He seems safe to have but won’t go much higher. Trade him if you can.
One of the funniest and most beloved comedies of its era, the Cheers spin-off Frasier remained a lynchpin in the NBC lineup for much of the 1990s. Following the life of eminent psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane in the aftermath of his divorce from Lilith, Frasier takes place in Seattle, Washington where the title character lives with his handicapped father Martin, a retired police officer wounded in the line of duty. The two are joined by Daphne Moon, a live-in housekeeper and physical therapist, and Martin’s dog Eddie who is constant irritant to Frasier. Recurring characters include Frasier’s brother Niles and Frasier’s producer Roz Doyle…
The Frasier (Season 4) DVD offers a number of hilarious episodes including one episode (#77) where Niles’ head of hair becomes the good luck charm which turns the Sonics basketball season into one of playoff contention. Niles becomes an instant celebrity and wins over Marty’s approval… Bebe Neuwirth returns in her role as Frasier’s ex-wife, Dr. Lilith Sternin, in a special Thanksgiving episode where Frasier and Lilith join together to aid in Frederick’s admission to a prestigious school… In the season finale, a desparately single Frasier rushes to the airport to pick up a woman, Laura (Linda Hamilton), who mistakenly left a message on his answering machine…
Below is a list of episodes included on the Frasier (Season 4) DVD:
Episode 73 (The Two Mrs. Cranes) Air Date: 09-17-1996
Episode 74 (Love Bites Dog) Air Date: 09-24-1996
Episode 75 (The Impossible) Air Date: 10-15-1996
Episode 76 (A Crane’s Critique) Air Date: 10-22-1996
Episode 77 (Head Game) Air Date: 11-12-1996
Episode 78 (Mixed Doubles) Air Date: 11-19-1996
Episode 79 (A Lilith Thanksgiving) Air Date: 11-26-1996
Episode 80 (Our Father Whose Art Ain’t Heaven) Air Date: 12-10-1996
Episode 81 (Dad Loves Sherry, the Boys Just Whine) Air Date: 01-07-1997
Episode 82 (Liar! Liar!) Air Date: 01-14-1997
Episode 83 (Three Days of the Condo) Air Date: 01-21-1997
Episode 84 (Death and the Dog) Air Date: 02-11-1997
Episode 85 (Four for the Seesaw) Air Date: 02-18-1997
Episode 86 (To Kill a Talking Bird) Air Date: 02-25-1997
Episode 87 (Roz’s Krantz
The cover is graced by legendary Michael Jordon, the UI, and lots of game modes which are serving as the NBA 2K11′s inner theme. The opening of game is a great tribute to MJ, and the players immediately thrown in one of MJ’s signature game instead of being presented a menu for selecting the desired mode of game. You can rent this game from gamefly.com at a reasonable charge by using gamefly coupon and get it at your doorstep.
You will get the first taste of the MJ challenge mode available in NBA 2K11. In this mode you will put in the Michael’s shoes, with lots of different objectives to fulfill for each game. Your objectives are to score a specific number of match points before the half, finishing a selected number of assists as well as a lot of other objectives. After the completion of all of the Michael Jordan challenges, you will gain access to the second game mode named ‘MJ: Creating a Legend’. Here a rookie level Michael goes directly into the players’ hands, which allow him to develop his career according to his ability. You will play this wonderful game by renting it from gamefly.com.
Other than the Jordan challenges, NBA 2K11 offers lots of other fast play modes involving both the team current as well as classic. Also there is a NBA blacktop mode including with different short-challenges such as dunk contests and three point shootouts. Drake, Snoop Dogg along with other celebrities is available to play other than the normal NBA roster.
In this game, you have also the option of carry your own custom character through the ‘My Player’ mode, which you can manage their entry into the NBA. In this mode you will experience the journey of a player rather than the player’s real NBA career. That’s why it’s a long road to go before you actually reach the NBA itself. This is coolest mode and also the player can react to game’s decisions at the press conferences and can also sign sponsors contract, etc. This is next long term game mode which will have players endlessly coming back to NBA 2K11.
The name Spalding says it all, as this brand of basketball is well known throughout the world and has been since the late 1800′s. In particular the Spalding TF 1000 basketballs are known to be state of the art when it comes to technology as the balls have a far better grip and are far more consistent than their counterparts. They are extremely strong and durable and when playing you won’t have to worry about the ball breaking like the old models of leather basketballs.
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However, there are some of the professional basketball players that have stated that they don’t’ like the new basketballs and still prefer the old balls. This is merely a matter of opinion and it all depends on what one get used to. Professionals want to know of the new basketballs really do what the manufacturers stipulate they do. Well we will only find out when the new NBA basketball season starts which is in October 2010.
The new Spalding TF 1000 basketballs do not bounce as high which means that when the ball is passed on the fast break the technique could be slightly different. The TF 1000′s bounce off the rims slightly more as they are stickier as opposed to their counterparts which will allow the players to make better plays around the basket, as the basketball has a far better grip.
There seems to be some mixed feeling among the professional basketball player, as some have stated that they think the balls grip is much better which will enable them to perform more tricks, and then others have stated such as Shaquille O’Neal that changing the technology was not a good idea. For instance Dwayne Wade has stated that the grip is really good and that he prefers it to the old basketballs.
Many of the professional basketball players state that the most ideal ball would be that feels the same as the older models, and that the basket ball feel comfortable in all situations. In my opinion I think that the Spalding TF 1000 basketballs are going to prove those that oppose the ball wrong and that when the basketball season starts in October many of the professionals will be switching to the TF 1000.
The Spalding TF 1000 basketballs are going to become a sought after basketball due to the state of the art technology whereby the ball has a far better bounce and a far better grip. Once the players get acquainted with the feel this will most definitely be the basket ball of the future.
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Anybody who wants to know more about how to join children basketball teams will certainly consider the facts contained in the following report to be too unbelievable to be true. What if it were revealed to you that each and every basketball player can easily and quickly make great progress on the basketball court in less than a month, without your needing to get to the court for extra practicing and training.
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One of the funniest and most beloved comedies of its era, the Cheers spin-off Frasier remained a lynchpin in the NBC lineup for much of the 1990s. Following the life of eminent psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane in the aftermath of his divorce from Lilith, Frasier takes place in Seattle, Washington where the title character lives with his handicapped father Martin, a retired police officer wounded in the line of duty. The two are joined by Daphne Moon, a live-in housekeeper and physical therapist, and Martin’s dog Eddie who is constant irritant to Frasier. Recurring characters include Frasier’s brother Niles and Frasier’s producer Roz Doyle…
The Frasier (Season 4) DVD offers a number of hilarious episodes including one episode (#77) where Niles’ head of hair becomes the good luck charm which turns the Sonics basketball season into one of playoff contention. Niles becomes an instant celebrity and wins over Marty’s approval… Bebe Neuwirth returns in her role as Frasier’s ex-wife, Dr. Lilith Sternin, in a special Thanksgiving episode where Frasier and Lilith join together to aid in Frederick’s admission to a prestigious school… In the season finale, a desparately single Frasier rushes to the airport to pick up a woman, Laura (Linda Hamilton), who mistakenly left a message on his answering machine…
Below is a list of episodes included on the Frasier (Season 4) DVD:
Episode 73 (The Two Mrs. Cranes) Air Date: 09-17-1996
Episode 74 (Love Bites Dog) Air Date: 09-24-1996
Episode 75 (The Impossible) Air Date: 10-15-1996
Episode 76 (A Crane’s Critique) Air Date: 10-22-1996
Episode 77 (Head Game) Air Date: 11-12-1996
Episode 78 (Mixed Doubles) Air Date: 11-19-1996
Episode 79 (A Lilith Thanksgiving) Air Date: 11-26-1996
Episode 80 (Our Father Whose Art Ain’t Heaven) Air Date: 12-10-1996
Episode 81 (Dad Loves Sherry, the Boys Just Whine) Air Date: 01-07-1997
Episode 82 (Liar! Liar!) Air Date: 01-14-1997
Episode 83 (Three Days of the Condo) Air Date: 01-21-1997
Episode 84 (Death and the Dog) Air Date: 02-11-1997
Episode 85 (Four for the Seesaw) Air Date: 02-18-1997
Episode 86 (To Kill a Talking Bird) Air Date: 02-25-1997
Episode 87 (Roz’s Krantz