Filed May 23, 2008 at 7:43 am under Basketball by nate.landas
The 7th Annual Basketball Summer Sale is
We have launched our 7th Annual Basketball Summer Sale! ‘Championship News’ subscribers and members from BasketballCoach.com were offered a “sneak peak” of the Summer Sale via email on Friday, May 23. The Summer Sale will be advertised to all visitors of www.ChampionshipProductions.com and www.BasketballCoach.com on Monday, June 2. The sale offers over 175 best selling basketball DVDs at only $25 each when purchasing 4 or more DVDs! All sale purchases are FINAL and the Summer Sale will conclude on July 15.
If your basketball order is $150+, you are eligible to receive a FREE book titled Pressure Defense, featuring Tom & Keno Davis! Enter promo code FREEPD78 at checkout!
Filed May 21, 2008 at 12:13 pm under Basketball by nate.landas
Dave Paulsen, a two-time National Coach of the Year who led Williams College to the 2003 Division III national championship, has been selected as the head men’s basketball coach at Bucknell. In eight years at Williams, Paulsen guided the Ephs to a 170-53 (.762) record, including a combined 61-3 mark in 2002-03 and 2003-04. His team captured the 2003 national championship and was the national runner-up in 2004. The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Coach of the Year in both 2003 and 2004, Paulsen’s teams won three NESCAC championships (2003, 2004, 2007) and made four NCAA Tournament appearances (2002, 2003, 2004, 2007). He was a three-time NESCAC Coach of the Year and two-time New England Coach of the Year.
Paulsen has coached at every level of college basketball over the last 20 years, has won 68 percent of his games as a head coach, and is considered a highly sought-after consultant on the principles of the motion offense.
Conduct and attitude considered as befitting participants in sports, especially fair play, courtesy, striving spirit, and grace in losing defines the word SPORTSMANSHIP. Athletic directors and coaches often stress the importance of this conduct & attitude, but poor sportsmanship often overshadows the good. The following link provides video footage of an act of good sportsmanship - members of a softball team offered to carry an opposing team member around the bases after she hit a homerun.
Filed April 9, 2008 at 10:00 am under Basketball by nate.landas
Pat Summitt and the Tennessee Lady Vols captured the 2008 NCAA DI Women’s Basketball Championship with a 64-48 victory over Stanford. The Back-to-Back Champions (2007-2008) redeemed their 73-69 overtime loss to Stanford on December 22, 2007, to finish the season with an overall record of 36-2. This is Coach Summitt’s and Tennessee’s 8th NCAA Championship!
