Portraits of top NCAA Coaches: Bill Self
When coaching at a program like the University of Kansas, you have to find a way to stand out among distinguished company. In their history the Jayhawks have produced both great players and coaches. The names are legendary: Wilt Chamberlin, Phog Allen, Roy Williams, Larry Brown and Paul Pierce, just to name a few. The university sets the bar so high, that it fired a basketball coach (Ted Owens) after he had won 6 conference Regular Season Titles, 1 Conference Tournament Championship and appeared in 2 Final Fours, all while posting a .657 winning percentage.
It is clear, that if you want to be considered great at the University of Kansas you can’t just win, you have to make yourself big. The best way to do that you ask? Win a National Championship.
Read MoreReview: Basketball Trivia for iPhone – Appiction
Today I’ll be having a look at the Basketball Trivia iPhone app developed by the guys from Appiction. With this iPhone app you have close to 1,500 Basketball facts from College Basketball (NCAA), Professional Basketball (NBA) and Miscellaneous categories at hand to boast with. Now, let’s have a closer look at this app:
Basketball Trivia has a simple and sleek design. The color of the menu is brownish/dark red. The main background looks like an actual maple colored gym floor, which I (being a total basketball nut) really liked a lot.
Once you start the app, there are different things you can do. A random fact is shown in the middle of the iPhone’s screen. In the upper left corner there is a search field where you can enter keywords for specific facts. If you enter the desired keywords the search function returns the total number of results, eg. the keyword ‘gym’ returned two results, and a corresponding list with matching facts. When you tap on the listed item, the fact item is displayed.
Read MoreLayups.com Speedlinking #006
Over the course of a week, I visit several websites and blogs to read articles on what is going on in the Basketball Coaching Network. Along with the Weekly Round of articles published here on Layups.com, I’d like to share with you some of the greatest articles I found on the web. You can find all previous links right here in the Speedlinking Archive.
Read MorePortraits of top NCAA Coaches: Jim Calhoun
In this age of the college basketball-coaching carousel, where a coach bolts at the mere smell of money, you can associate only a handful of coaches with a certain program. Mike Krzyzewski at Duke, Jim Boeheim at Syracuse and Tom Izzo at Michigan State are three who have been in the spotlight during this year’s NCAA tournament, however one name has been curiously absent: Jim Calhoun.
In a final four that features 2 long serving coaches the absence of Calhoun and his Uconn team looms large after a surprising regular season that ended with his team just two games over .500. This record and surprising exit from the second round of the NIT show that the team clearly struggled. But, struggle is something that Jim Calhoun is as used to as victory.
Read MoreLayups.com Speedlinking #005
Over the course of a week, I visit several websites and blogs to read articles on what is going on in the Basketball Coaching Network. Along with the Weekly Round of articles published here on Layups.com, I’d like to share with you some of the greatest articles I found on the web. You can find all previous links right here in the Speedlinking Archive.
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