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2010 Men’s NCAA Basketball Tournament Bracket Announced!

By nate.landas - Last updated: Monday, March 15, 2010

The pairings for 2010 Men’s NCAA Basketball Tournament were announced last evening (March 14, 2010). Many of the participating programs’ coaches have produced basketball DVDs with Championship Productions. The programs / coaches include:

Kansas (Coached by Bill Self)
Kentucky (Coached by John Calipari)
Duke (Coached by Mike Krzyzewski)
Syracuse (Coached by Jim Boeheim)
West Virginia (Coached by Bob Huggins)
Villanova (Coached by Jay Wright)
Kansas State (Coached by Frank Martin)
Pittsburgh (Coached by Jamie Dixon)
New Mexico (Coached by Steve Alford)
Maryland (Coached by Gary Williams)
Purdue (Coached by Matt Painter)
Butler (Coached by Brad Stevens)
Michigan State (Coached by Tom Izzo)
Tennessee (Coached by Bruce Pearl)
Notre Dame (Coached by Mike Brey)
Richmond (Coached by Chris Mooney)
Clemson (Coached by Oliver Purnell)
UNLV (Coached by Lon Kruger)
Gonzaga (Coached by Mark Few)
California (Coached by Mike Montgomery)
Northern Iowa (Coached by Ben Jacobson)
Louisville (Coached by Rick Pitino)
Wake Forest (Coached by Dino Gaudio)
Georgia Tech (Coached by Paul Hewitt)
Florida (Coached by Billy Donovan)
Missouri (Coached by Mike Anderson)
San Diego State (Coached by Steve Fisher)
Minnesota (Coached by Tubby Smith)
Old Dominion (Coached by Blaine Taylor)
Washington (Coached by Lorenzo Romar)
Robert Morris (Coached by Mike Rice)

Filed in Basketball • Tags: 2010 Men's Basketball Tournament, Basketball DVDs, Bill Self, Jim Boeheim, John Calipari, Mike Krzyzewski

AP Division I Men’s Basketball Poll – 2/15/2010

By nate.landas - Last updated: Monday, February 15, 2010

Championship Productions has produced several basketball DVDs featuring coaches ranked in the AP Division I Men’s Basketball Poll. The latest Top 25 was released on 2/15/2010 and features:

1. Kansas (Coached by Bill Self)
2. Kentucky (Coached by John Calipari)
3. Villanova (Coached by Jay Wright)
4. Purdue (Coached by Matt Painter)
5. Syracuse (Coached by Jim Boeheim)
6. Duke (Coached by Mike Krzyzewski)
7. Kansas State (Coached by Frank Martin)
8. West Virginia (Coached by Bob Huggins)
9. Ohio State
10. Georgetown
11.   Michigan State (Coached by Tom Izzo)
12. New Mexico (Coached by Steve Alford)
13. Gonzaga (Coached by Mark Few)
14. Wisconsin
15. Texas
16. BYU
17. Vanderbilt
18. Butler (Coached by Brad Stevens)
19. Pittsburgh (Coached by Jamie Dixon)
20. Tennessee (Coached by Bruce Pearl)
21. Temple
22.   Baylor
23. Wake Forest (Coached by Dino Gaudio)
24. Texas A & M
25. Richmond (Coached by Chris Mooney)

Filed in Basketball • Tags: Basketball DVDs, Bill Self, Jay Wirght, Jim Boeheim, John Calipari, Matt Painter, NCAA Basketball Poll

Bill Self Wins 400th Career Victory!

By nate.landas - Last updated: Sunday, February 14, 2010

In less than 17 full seasons, Bill Self won his 400th career victory as the Kansas Jayhawks defeated the Iowa State Cyclones at Allen Fieldhouse. Of the 400 victories, 193 came at Kansas, 55 at Oral Roberts, 74 at Tulsa, and 78 at Illinois. Self won his first NCAA Championship in 2008, won the AP Coach of the Year and Henry Iba Award in 2009, and has won several regular season conference and tournament championships. Self’s career winning percentage is 73.26%.

Filed in Basketball • Tags: Basketball DVDs, Bill Self, Kansas Basketball

Kansas Returns to #1 in the AP Men’s Basketball Poll

By nate.landas - Last updated: Monday, February 1, 2010

The Kansas men’s basketball team returned to the top in both national polls. The Jayhawks (20-1) received 54 of 65 first-place votes in the Associated Press poll and 26 of 31 first-place votes in the ESPN / USA Today coaches poll. View the complete AP Division I Top 25 men’s basketball poll (2/1/2010) below and notice that Championship Productions has produced instructional basketball DVDs with several nationally ranked coaches:

1. Kansas (Coached by Bill Self)
2. Villanova (Coached by Jay Wright)
3. Syracuse (Coached by Jim Boeheim)
4. Kentucky (Coached by John Calipari)
5. Michigan State (Coached by Tom Izzo)
6. West Virginia (Coached by Bob Huggins)
7. Georgetown
8. Purdue (Coached by Matt Painter)
9. Texas
10. Duke (Coached by Mike Krzyzewski)
11. Kansas State (Coached by Frank Martin)
12. BYU
13. Ohio State
14. Tennessee (Coached by Bruce Pearl)
15. New Mexico (Coached by Steve Alford)
16. Wisconsin
17. Gonzaga (Coached by Mark Few)
18. Vanderbilt
19. Temple
20. Baylor
21. Georgia Tech (Coached by Paul Hewitt)
22. Pittsburgh (Coached by Jamie Dixon)
23. Butler (Coached by Brad Stevens)
24. Northern Iowa
25. Mississippi (Coached by Andy Kennedy)

Filed in Basketball • Tags: AP Men's Basketball Poll, Bill Self, Bob Huggins, Jay Wright, Jim Boeheim, John Calipari, Tom Izzo

Texas, Kentucky, & Kansas Remain Atop the AP DI Men’s Basketball Poll

By nate.landas - Last updated: Tuesday, January 19, 2010

The AP Division I Top 25 men’s basketball poll released on 1/18/2010 continues to rank Texas, Kentucky, and Kansas as the top three programs in the nation. The rest of the rankings include:

1. Texas
2. Kentucky (Coached by John Calipari)
3. Kansas (Coached by Bill Self)
4. Villanova (Coached by Jay Wright)
5. Syracuse (Coached by Jim Boeheim)
6. Michigan State (Coached by Tom Izzo)
7. Duke (Coached by Mike Krzyzewski)
8. Tennessee (Coached by Bruce Pearl)
9. Pittsburgh (Coached by Jamie Dixon)
10. Kansas State (Coached by Frank Martin)
11. West Virginia (Coached by Bob Huggins)
12. Georgetown
13. Purdue (Coached by Matt Painter)
14. BYU
15. Gonzaga (Coached by Mark Few)
16. Temple
17. Clemson (Coached by Oliver Purnell)
18. Wisconsin
19. Georgia Tech (Coached by Paul Hewitt)
20. UNI
21. Ohio State
22. Mississippi (Coached by Andy Kennedy)
23. Mississippi State
24. North Carolina (Coached by Roy Williams)
25. Baylor