Improve Shooting, Scholarship Costs, Brawling Part III

#3 posting 7.25.2008
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IMPROVE YOUR SHOOTING
David Friedman of 20 Second Time Out writes on how Chris Paul improved his shooting. The last paragraph is key.

SCHOLARSHIPS
Mark Hyman has blog called Youth Sports Parent. One of the posts on that blog deals with scholarships and would parents do it all over again if they could. The Dallas Morning News looks at the cost of scholarships.

BRAWL AFTERMATH
The suspensions are in for the WNBA brawl and superstars get special treatment. Candace Parker gets one game off, while bench players get two. Why? Paying fans go to see Parker. If Parker doesn't play, fans don't pay. Casual fans don't pay to see bench players, therefore they can be made an example. To paraphrase George Orwell's Animal Farm "Some players are more equal than others."
Here are some postings on the RebKell's board calling the suspensions a sham, also what is the value of a punch? and Special treatment for Parker.
Rethinking Basketball also looks at which team gets hurt the most by the suspensions.

Next up: later today with one more look at the MN Elite camp, and then the week that was.

Scholarship Realities

#7 posting 3.10.2008
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GRAB BAG
SCHOLARSHIP REALITIES
Here is the New York Times article on the realities of college scholarships. Most don't cover the bill. Here is a quote, "parents and athletes who hoped for such money were much too optimistic and that they were unprepared to effectively navigate the system. The athletes, they added, were the ones who ultimately suffered." and another eye opener "“I dropped a good player because her dad was a jerk — all he ever talked to me about was scholarship money,” Probably well worth reading. Take off those rose colored glasses when reading.

RECRUITING/PLAYING ---AT WHAT LEVEL?
Here is what Southwestern Community College in Iowa does in their recruiting battles. They also look at the differences between men and women. From the Creston News Advertiser.

VERBAL
Maranda Dohrn of Lake City has made a verbal to UW-River Falls. Dohrn is the 63rd player in the 2008 class that is going to play basketball after college. She is the 5th known Minnesota player to go to a D3 school.

COLLEGE COACHING
The letters are coming out in favor of a coaching change at Wisconsin. From the Capital Times.

HORIZON ALL CONFERENCE
The Horizon conference has released their list. UW Green Bay had three players make the list an coach Matt Bolant was honored as co-coach of the year.
UW Milwaukee's Traci Edwards (Menasha) was named player of the year.
Cleveland State's Dominique Butler (Milwaukee Madison) was named Defensive Player of the Year.
UI Chicago's Jessie Miller (Holy Angels) made the 2nd team.

AAU
ECI has big plans. From the Wahpteon Daily News.

COACHING PROFILE
St. Paul Central coach Willie Taylor is profiled in the St. Paul Pioneer press.

Next up: Later today with the AAA and AAAA tournament previews