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College Stars run from Fans, Cameras

Every member of a coaching staff, no matter the sport,  will tell you one of the most unsettling feelings is being presented with the Monday morning Facebook photos.  Student-athletes are becoming more and more savvy, they “lock” their photo’s so we (coaches) can’t get to them.  That doesn’t mean that no one can get to them.  Unfortunately, it hasn’t changed the behavior just made obtaining the photos more difficult.  We all have to work harder to instill the trust and values to improve the decision making of the student-athlete first and  help keep our student-athletes safer.

Let’s realize this… college kids to to parties.  All of them.  Athletes are no different.  Even the most dedicated of athletes still go.  It’s fun, it’s social, it’s their friends, classmates and peers.  Drinking or no drinking, your student-athletes are going to be at parties and potentially in the wrong place at the wrong time at some point during their collegiate career.   Athletes at parties is nothing new.  What is new is the technology.  Technology has put every intoxicated or high athlete on the front page of newspapers and all over the internet.  We all saw Michael Phelps.

As coaches, we are going to need to be prepared to help our student-athletes through this.  Helping them through it is the key, especially with female athletes.  It can not simply be about discipline.  Though discipline, responsibility and accountability are necessary, discipline is after the fact.  Discipline is a reaction.  We need to be proactive, help educate before they are in these situations.  Empower our student-athletes to make better decisions.  Hopefully, avoid as many situations as possible.

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Eric Musselman’s take on Bill Bellichek

Bob Starkey of LSU Lady Tigers recently shared a great entry from Eric Musselman’s site on Bill Bellichek’s coaching philosophy by KC Joyner. I think we can all learn and apply useful strategies or philosophies no matter the sport.  Coach Musselman’s BLOG is an excellent source of information for coaches, fans, players/student-athletes or parents.

Eric Musselman

Eric Musselman

One of my goals this year is to travel to as many different successful schools, professional teams, businesses and organizations to observe and learn from the wide variety of successful philosophies out there.  Successful people are successful people no matter the profession.  Success is bread with a variety of traits and to be able to have the time to invest in discovering these systems, philosophies and traits is a tremendous gift.  We can all learn every day.  Those lessons can be applied to coaching, anything. My time away from the court is going to make me a better person, father, husband and basketball coach.

Below you will find Coach Musselman’s thoughts and the original article by KC Joyner.

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Men’s College Basketball Schedules

It is always aggravating to have to go searching all over for college basketball schedules.  Here it is, one-stop-shopping.  Several NCAA Division I Men’s College basketball conference schedule links.  Many of the conferences have not yet release their schedule, as noted.  Links provided should get you there at a later date.  Video Coordinators plan away!  Fans get the snacks, cold drinks and recliners ready!  Bring on October 15th!

ACC MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE

ACC MEN’S – PDF VERSION

ATLANTIC TEN MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE

ATLANTIC TEN MEN’S – PDF

BIG EAST MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE

*LINK IS CORRECT – SCHEDULE HAS NOT YET BEEN RELEASED

BIG EAST/SEC INVITATIONAL SCHEDULE

CONFERENCE USA MEN’S BASKETBALL PROSPECTUS

*COMPOSITE SCHEDULE NOT YET RELEASED

COLONIAL CONFERENCE MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE

*LINK IS CORRECT – SCHEDULE HAS NOT YET BEEN RELEASED

METRO ATLANTIC ATHLETIC CONFERENCE (MAAC) MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE

*LINK IS CORRECT – SCHEDULE HAS NOT YET BEEN RELEASED

MAAC 2009 OLD SPICE CLASSIC SCHEDULE

NORTHEAST CONFERENCE MEN’S BASKETBALL SUMMER PREVIEW

*COMPOSITE SCHEDULE NOT YET RELEASED

PAC-10 MEN’S BASKETBALL PROSPECTUS

*COMPOSITE SCHEDULE NOT YET RELEASED

SEC MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE

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Women’s College Basketball Schedules

It is always aggravating to have to go searching all over for college basketball schedules.  Here it is, one-stop-shopping.  Several NCAA Division I Women’s College basketball conference schedule links.  Many of the conferences have not yet release their schedule, as noted.  Links provided should get you there at a later date.  Video Coordinators plan away!  Fans get the snacks, cold drinks and recliners ready!  Bring on October 15th!

ACC WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE

ACC WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE – PDF VERSION

ATLANTIC TEN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL PROSPECTUS

*COMPOSITE SCHEDULE NOT YET RELEASED

BIG EAST WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE

*LINK IS CORRECT – COMPOSITE SCHEDULE HAS YET TO BE RELEASED

CONFERENCE USA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL PROSPECTUS

*COMPOSITE SCHEDULE NOT YET RELEASED

COLONIAL CONFERENCE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE

*LINK IS CORRECT – COMPOSITE SCHEDULE HAS YET TO BE RELEASED

METRO ATLANTIC ATHLETIC CONFERENCE (MAAC) WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE

*LINK IS CORRECT – COMPOSITE SCHEDULE HAS YET TO BE RELEASED

FROM VPHOOPS.COM

2009 PRE-SEASON WNIT 1st ROUND

All 2008-2009 team records in parentheses
Friday, Nov. 13, 2009
Eastern Illinois (24-9) at Ohio State (29-6), 5 p.m. ET
UTEP (18-12) at Florida Gulf Coast (26-5), 7 p.m. ET
Arkansas-Little Rock (26-7) at Oklahoma State (17-16), 7 p.m. ET
Towson (17-13) at West Virginia (18-15), 7 p.m. ET
Winthrop (16-16) at Georgia Tech (22-10), 7:30 p.m. ET
Chicago State (16-13) at Bowling Green (29-5), 7:30 p.m. ET
North Carolina A&T (26-7) at Marist (29-4), 7:30 p.m. ET
Northern Colorado (12-18) at New Mexico (25-11), 9 p.m. ET

NORTHEAST CONFERENCE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL WEBSITE

*NOTHING YET RELEASED BY NORTHEAST CONFERENCE

PAC-10 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TV SCHEDULE

SEC WOMEN’S BASKETBALL WEBSITE -

*COMPOSITE SCHEDULE NOT YET POSTED.  VU INDIVIDUAL LISTED

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