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Maryland basketball vs. Duke: On Gary Williams's big night, can Terps pull out ...


Washington Post (blog) - Jan 26, 2012
Maryland basketball vs. Duke: On Gary Williams's big night, can Terps pull out a win? By Eric Prisbell Maryland's schedule was fine, especially for the team the Terrapins returned this season. It ranks 108th nationally in terms of strength.
 

Virginia basketball vs. Boston College: Short-handed Cavs look for novel ways ...


Washington Post - Jan 26, 2012
CHARLOTTESVILLE – A quarter of the way through ACC play, roster limitations have forced the Virginia men's basketball team into much the same position as it found itself at this point last season, when the team struggled to find ways to score.
 

State basketball tournaments could be coming to Green Bay


Fox11online.com - Jan 26, 2012
STEVENS POINT - The state basketball tournaments have been held in Madison since 1920 but before the tip of the first state boys basketball game March 15 there might be a decision that this year's tournament is the last in Madison.
 

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Basketball books

Leaning


by: J.W. Swartz
The Western Montana landscape provides the backdrop in the exciting new novel, Leaning, by debut author J.W. Swartz. Swartz reveals the tale of Sammy Black Wolf, a Lakota/Irish ranch kid from Dillon, Montana who plays basketball for the University of Montana Grizzlies.
A chance meeting on stage at the University Theatre introduces Sammy to Maggie, a music major from Drummond and her musician friend Zee. Sammy and Maggie share immediate chemistry and their relationship deepens quickly, but a brutal attack unravels their world and the fallout threatens their relationship.
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The Rat That Got Away : A Bronx Memoir


by: Allen Jones, Mark Naison
The Rat That Got Away is an inspiring story of one man's odyssey from the streets of the Bronx to a life as a professional athlete and banker in Europe, but it is also provides a unique vantage point on the history of the Bronx and sheds new light on a neglected period in American urban history. Allen Jones grew up in a public housing project in the South Bronx at a time-the 1950s-when that neighborhood was a place of optimism and hope for upwardly mobile Black and Latino families. Brought up in a two-parent household, with many neighborhood mentors, Jones led an almost charmed life as a budding basketball star until his teen years, when his once peaceful neighborhood was torn by job losses, white flight, and a crippling drug epidemic.
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The Last Great Game: Duke vs. Kentucky and the 2.1 Seconds That Changed Basketball


by: Gene Wojciechowski

The definitive book on the greatest game in the history of college basketball, and the dramatic road both teams took to get there.

March 28, 1992. The final of the NCAA East Regional, Duke vs. Kentucky. The 17,848 at the Spectrum in Philadelphia and the millions watching on TV could say they saw the greatest game and the greatest shot in the history of college basketball. But it wasn't just the final play of the game-an 80-foot inbounds bass from Grant Hill to Christian Laettner with 2.
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American Born Chinese


by: Gene Luen Yang
Jin Wang starts at a new school where he’s the only Chinese-American student. When a boy from Taiwan joins his class, Jin doesn’t want to be associated with an FOB like him. Jin just wants to be an all-American boy, because he’s in love with an all-American girl. Danny is an all-American boy: great at basketball, popular with the girls. But his obnoxious Chinese cousin Chin-Kee’s annual visit is such a disaster that it ruins Danny’s reputation at school, leaving him with no choice but to transfer somewhere he can start all over again.
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Basketball Never Stops: LeBron Shine


For those who love the game like LeBron, Basketball Never Stops. Because players know hardwork and dedication are what the game's built on no matter the time, day or night.
 

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The Finder's Geoff Stults & Michael Clarke Duncan on Basketball and Cats


FOX All Access host Chris Leary caught up with The Finder's Geoff Stults and Michael Clarke Duncan on the Red Carpet at the FOX TCA, and well, let's just say these men have some serious bromance chemistry going on off the set! Check it out and be sure you catch the season premiere of "The Finder" this Thursday on FOX.
 

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Men's Basketball: Charlotte 57, Saint Joseph's 52


Clips from Saturday's game against Charlotte
 

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How Bad Do You Want It? (Basketball) HD


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Basketball on an Aircraft Carrier


Sports Science breaks down the Carrier Classic. Michigan State vs. North Carolina will play and college basketball game on an aircraft carrier.