ABA All-Time Team

December 16, 2019 0

In its short nine-year existence, the American Basketball Association featured some of the greatest players ever to grace the hardwood. Founded in 1967, the ABA…

Tom Izzo

December 9, 2019 0

Tom Izzo has never had a losing season as a head basketball coach. A tough-as-nails competitor from the hardscrabble Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Izzo has…

Kenny Sailors

December 2, 2019 0

Kenny Sailors invented the jump shot and should be in the Hall of Fame – Dick Vitale. The jump shot changed everything.  A shot so…

Moses Malone

November 11, 2019 0

Moses Malone was the first basketball player to go directly from preps to pros. A relentless rebounder and effective scorer who made the jump from…

Midnight Madness

November 4, 2019 0

For many big-time college basketball programs, March Madness is preceded by Midnight Madness. On October 15, 1971, Maryland basketball coach Lefty Driesell sent his team out for a…

Maryland Terrapins

October 2, 2019 0

The 1973-74 Maryland Terrapins are the greatest team not invited to the NCAA tournament. Maryland started the 1973-74 season ranked No. 4 in the nation. …

Russ & The Big O

August 29, 2019 0

Four years and more than 2,200 miles separated two men who, in the 1950s, would change basketball forever. In 1955, Bill Russell and Oscar Robertson began their journey to…

History of the NBA

August 1, 2019 0

The National Basketball Association was formed 70 years ago this Saturday. Long before it became the premier professional basketball league in the world, the NBA…