... teams they only played for fun. That changed in the early 1920's. The person who was responsible for bringing basketball to women was Senda Berenson, a physical education teacher. She happened to be walking by the same time Dr. James Naismith played his first basketball game. She took the idea to Smith College in Northhampton, Massachusetts and opened a world of fun to women. Reading ... information about basketball has increased my knowledge. While looking for specific books to help me in this paper I have come across other books ... that gave me tremendous insight into the game of ba...

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... the lower railing of the gym balcony. Each time a point was scored, the game was stopped so that the janitor could grab the ladder in order retrieve the ball from the peach basket. On March 11, 1892, in Springfield, Massachusetts, the first public basketball game was played (Blevins, 2012). The game was played on the Armory Street court with nine players against another nine ... players on the other team. The game became a huge success in 1892 that 'Triangle' magazine published an article about it with the title &apos ... sport to gain more popularity and sponsors are taking advan...

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... some say that it has changed for the worst. It is interesting to look at all the changes that the game has gone through since day one of its existence. Basketball all started with an idea and a peach basket. It began in the town of Springfield, Massachusetts in 1891. ... teams, assigning nine players to each team. A man by the name of William Chase scored the first basket of the game as his team won 1-0. Basketball was on its way. The game was spreading like fire sweeps through a forest. In the year of 1896 a high school league formed in Colorado. In ... prematurely and died in the IC...

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... baskets and a soccer ball. He decided to hang two peach baskets ten feet high. The object of the game was to get the soccer ball in the basket. Naismith wanted the game to be based on skill rather then strength. The first game of basketball was played with eighteen men nine players on each team playing at the same time. Naismith came up with ... wide. The only thing missing now was its own ball. In 1929 G.L. Pierce patented the basketball (Lindberg, 25). After Dr. Naismith invented basketball it spread very fast. It first caught on in the college level. The first college game was Minnes...

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... the talent too. Coach K builds up the potential in the team every year. Duke Basketball is made up of hard work, determination and love for the game from the bench players to the best of all time. Duke Basketball is not just about the fame, it is about hard work that leads to championships. ... to a good offense. Players like Christian Laettner, Bobby Hurley, and J.J. Redick are people that based everything they did on hard work and love for the game of basketball. The first championship Duke won is when Grant Hill, Christian Laettner, and Bobby Hurley were in their prime. That team is ar...

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... than a guard can. And a center is the most important position on a team. A center that is a good rebounder and close up shooter and scorer can most likely dominate a game."" (www.fastbreak.com) " The coach is a basketball teams teacher. Most colleges and professional teams have one or more assistant coaches to help the coach work with a team. Together they make up a coaching staff. A coach ... defense will be most effective."" (www.NBA.com) The officials are a referee, two umpires, or two scorekeepers, and usually one or two timekeepers. The referee is in charge of a game. "The referee ...

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... Olympics. Coach K surpassed the great Bob Knight on Tuesday, January 28 with 903 career wins. Coach K not only looks for players with athletic and basketball ability, but he looks to develop a personal relationship with his players. When recruiting his players, he tells them "We're developing a relationship here ... with the relationships he has with his players. He taught me how to be a professional and how to understand the mental aspects of the game. He teaches basketball and he teaches life lessons you need forever too. I believe he's the greatest of all-time." Coach K does not look ...

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... ago, or in some cases, in the times of the ancient world. One sport that can be traced to the exact starting date is the game of basketball. This sport is a baby compared to other games like running and gladiatorial combat. We are able to see how it has evolved from something great ... to something wonderful. The game of basketball was invented by a physical education teacher by the name of Dr. James Naismith. The doctor did not have an epiphany about a sport that would ... School of Agriculture and Hamline College, the score was nine to three. By 1908 the focus of power house basketb...

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... strive to succeed in life. He has worked hard throughout his career to gain the respect of everyone. He is not only known as the greatest basketball player ever, but also a great businessman making multi-millions off endorsements and his own company, "Jordan". He has constantly proved his critics wrong by ... the national title for North Carolina. He stayed 1 more year and UNC before entering the N.B.A. draft. (Dolan 47) Michael was selected third in the National Basketball Association draft bye the Chicago Bulls behind Patrick Ewing, and Sam Perkins. His first year in the N.B.A. was a ...

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... to Michael and get out the way."- (Collins) This all changed once Jackson was named the head coach. Jackson designed complex offensive and defensive game plan that actually enhanced Jordan's greatness by making his teammates better players. Jackson brought his work ethics and beliefs as child to court with him ... every day. He taught the bulls what he had learned while playing for the Knicks, which was, unselfish team oriented basketball. His beliefs were that players can be stars, but only teams win. Some people thought coach Jackson's coaching style was a little crazy because he ... ...

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... This may turn out to be a great title game, but there will always be the thought of what if USC had been given the opportunity. Ideally, the college football season would end much like the college basketball season in a playoff format. The college basketball season ends in "March Madness," a sixty four team ... participating in post season football, other than the top sixteen teams in the playoffs, there could be a secondary tournament, similar to college basketball. In basketball there is the March Madness consisting of the top sixty four teams and there is the National Invitation Tourn...

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... by far. Looking around I also see that everyone is talking about the basketball game that night. When hearing that Norman Dale was going to coach a high school basketball team, I figured it was worth a shot to see how he would handle high school basketball rather than college. His experience in college was once hailed, but then ... on the team and they did have talent. It was whether or not it all worked was up to coach Dale. From watching their first game to the game, there was a great journey that the Hickory Hoosiers had. So many things happened and many memories were made. It is a s...

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... text as "Resources that come from outside a system, such as energy (sunlight, electricity), information (internet, books), and people (a new group member)." The input in Hoosiers Hickory High School's basketball team was Coach Dale, his new assistant coach Wilbur "Shooter" Flatch, and his different coaching style. Throughput is defined as "The process of transforming input into output to keep ... weaknesses to win the state championship. Hypercompetiveness is defined as an excessive emphasis on defeating others to achieve ones goals. A good example of hypercompetiveness in Hoosiers is d...

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... he terrorized the Nets throughout the entire series and collected 34 points and 10 rebounds in the clincher (NBA.com). Shaq averaged 28.5 points per game with total blocks and assists of 48 and 54 respectively during the 2002 Finals (Sportsline.com). "I just knew I had to hit them," O' ... as well as off court sharing brotherhood companionship (NBA.com). In the Finals, Kobe supported the scoreboard with 25 points and averaged 26.6 points per game and 5.8 assists per game (Sportsline.com). "If I see a gap in the first three quarters and I'm struggling, I"m not going to take it," Bryant sai...

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... is a special school event called the Turkey Bowl. Teams from the seventh and eighth grades face off in a winner take all two-hand touch football game. This is a very big event on campus, and the winners get to brag the rest of the year. More times than not, the eighth ... Parents, teachers, students and sibling all attend this grand event. The carnival includes a seventh versus eighth grade girls and boys basketball game as well as a student all-star team versus faculty game. The game is hyped for weeks, with rallies and flyers. Of course the two student only games are fun to watch, espe...

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... career in the National Basketball Association would be a position as Director of Basketball Operations for an NBA team. My long term goal would eventually be an Owner or a General Manager for some team. The NBA's industry is a very lucrative business, with the players of the game selling the league. With ... which I have been apart of. Most recently I have worked for two weeks and the Pepsi Center in Denver, working the Mountain West Conference basketball tournament, and the first and second rounds of the NCAA tournament. For both tournaments I worked closely with teams escorting them t...

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... but are they worth the millions that they are paid? Male athletes are among the most highly paid people in the world. Especially in basketball and football, every player is enormously paid. Though economics is the key to understanding why these athletes earn such tremendous salaries, still, ... distort the players, but it also bring downfall to clubs, the country's economy, and even to the game itself. A normal, typical professional basketball player makes more money playing for only fifteen minutes of a game than a professor can make in the whole year. In addition, that player may perfo...

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... two ways: one being opportunity, and the other as indentured servitude. College sports like football and basketball hold a huge segment of the entertainment industry making those two particular sport seasons year round. Bigger universities have tradition, name recognition, and school pride to uphold with every game. Sponsors, television, and casinos, along with many other businesses have a huge stake in this industry. ... With so much pressure to succeed, big sport programs like Duke basketball, Florida football, and Notre Dame football need top recruits to maintain or raise the standar...

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... team to play ball due to consistently poor academic performances. Carter sets a goal to make his boys become better students, better people and better basketball players, dedicating his life to teach the team to tackle their real-life issues - education, crime, conduct, problems at home, girl troubles and ... a future. This is best stated in a conversation between Coach Carter and the principal of the school states that "For some of these kids this basketball season will be the highlight of their lives," Carter responds with " Well I think that's the problem, don't you? (Carter). He thes...

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... It was the biggest basketball game I've ever played in. If we won this game we were going to the playoffs, if we lost then we would be sitting at home while the team that beat us continues their journey to the ultimate goal, a state championship. It was the beginning of the game and both teams were glaring ... I was a good shooter. Time after time down the court my team would give me the ball and I would make another clutch shot. I was having the game of my life and it was only the second quarter. About halfway through the second quarter the other team started to realize I was the go-to...

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... ancient Rome featured twenty-seven men on a side who completed so vigorously that two-thirds of them had to be hospitalized after a fifty-minute game. Although it is unclear how the sport traveled from Asia to Europe, it did eventually make it to England and by the time it did ... sanction in England in 1681. A historical record of the development of soccer in England shows that Eton College had the earliest known rules of the game in 1815. Standardized rules known as the Cambridge rules were adopted by England's major colleges. At first, it was England where soccer was originally ... ...

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... San Antonio, or at least at my high school, football and baseball were the sports of choice for the fans. Hardly anyone paid any attention to the basketball program, but things sure did change after the first few games of my senior season. After our first four games of the season we were making headlines ... even louder and my adrenaline started pumping fast. I don't think I've ever had an adrenaline rush like I had that night. The buzzer rang for the game to begin and it was officially showtime. As we got ready for tip off, the crowd was stomping on the bleachers so hard that we could ...

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... The result, as Tim Layden cleverly states, is that "the officials called for a measurement, trotted out the chains and, you bet: It was one game short." The two top-ranked teams in the polls never even got a chance to play one another and the national championship was left to the voters in ... of the major bowls. None of them would determine the national champion, however, because there would still need to be a semi-final round and a championship game. I propose that the number one ranked team play the number eight ranked team in the first round; number two would play number seven, and s...

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... airport with no adult supervision. At 15 years old many kids don't get the opportunity to go overseas and see the world. Luckily I got that opportunity. I had been selected for a basketball all-star team and we would play our tournaments in Paris, France and in Zurich, Switzerland. I would have to fly into La Guardia airport from Logan airport by myself. I had ... I decided to stay up mostly because we were hungry and the Dolphins and the Titans were playing in a pre-season game. We were all set; we had been given food stamps so we stocked up on food, sat down and watched the game while...

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... people. At this grade I began to play more sports, and I disliked playing with kids not as good as me. Team sports like football, baseball, and basketball became more competitive and serious natured. Selecting who was on your team was never easy, but it was something that had to be done. A tendency began to ... school. In Middle school, teenagers started noticing the other sex quite a bit more. It was not uncommon to see a group of girls at a football game. They began to enjoy the sport and showed more and more support for the team as the season went on. Athletes became very popular in ...

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