Pokey resigned as the head women's basketball coach at Louisiana State on Wednesday after the university became aware of an alleged inappropriate sexual relationship between Chatman and a former player on Chatman's team, sources told ESPN.com. The university, the sources said, learned of the relationship from an employee within the basketball program. It was unclear when the alleged improper conduct took place, but when asked if it had occurred while the player was a member of a team coached by Chatman, a university source said, "that's my understanding." The 37-year-old Chatman, who initially revealed plans to quit after the postseason, said she will not coach the Lady Tigers in the NCAA Tournament. In a statement released Thursday afternoon, Chatman said: "My resignation yesterday has prompted speculation and rumors that far exceeded my expectations and it is clear that my presence would be a great distraction during the NCAA Tournament." to the Final Four both years. In 2005, Chatman received a four-year contract extension that paid her close to $400,000 annually, plus postseason bonuses ranging from $15,000 for making the NCAA Tournament to $70,000 for winning the national title. The highest-paid coaches in women's college basketball, Pat Summitt of Tennessee and Geno Auriemma of Connecticut, both earn more than $1 million per year.
A rivaldade entre Duke e North Carolina foi levada ao extremo no último confronto. O base Gerald Henderson de Duke partiu o nariz ao poste Tyler Hansbrough a 14 segundos do final do encontro que acabou com a vitória North Carolina por 86-72. O atleta de Duke foi naturalmente expulso e não vai poder jogar no Torneio da ACC.
Everything was going fine until President Bush dropped the ball.
Bush honored the Miami Heat championship basketball team on Tuesday, joking with the team in his usual manner. But Shaquille O'Neal got the last laugh when Bush tried to bounce a basketball to the 7-foot-1 star.
It thudded flat on the stage. Bush looked startled as O'Neal and his teammates laughed.
By European Coach Raul Jimenez Last week Raptors fans enjoyed the article that Raul Jimenez wrote on the Raptors offense so I’m excited to provide fellow Raptors fans with his article on the Raptors defense. In this article he provides fans with his coaching insights in the defensive sets the Raps are running this season through the use of some You Tube clips that he created.
You can read his thoughts on by clicking the “read more” link. Enjoy!
Analysis of the Raptors Defense By Raul Jimenez
When Jorge Garbajosa went to the NBA, everybody in Spain everybody thought he couldn’t play the “3” spot. He was the best Spanish, and probably European “4,” but it was thought that he wasn’t able to play the “3” on either defense or offense in the NBA.
It’s great to see how Raptors head coach Sam Mitchell has made him able to play against guys like Vince Carter and Paul Pierce because this gives Toronto an important advantage over other teams.
Let’s take a look at Garbajosa’s 1 on 1 defense:
There are more interesting things on Raptors’ defense. One example is the way they switch in screens. They are brave enough and, of course, they are organized enough to do it. A lot of teams have problems when they face this kind of defense. The first reason this is successful is because few teams use this at the beginning of their offense. I’ve found that more teams that use this defense quite often when the shotclock is close to 7-8 seconds. The second interesting thing about the Raptors defense is they are ready to help in case they need to:
To finish with their defense, there is something that give an idea about the “European” style of this team - their zone defense. Although there are many teams which use zones, Toronto is probably the team that get more positive things from their zone. Perhaps the fact of having more European players (or players who have been playing overseas) help them to understand better this kind of defense. It’s very interesting that their zone is flexible, and they can change from one kind to another in the same play. As we watch in the images, the 1-2-2 zone, becomes a 2-3 zone as the offense goes on:
I’ve got to say that I really like this team and the way they play. Let’s see what they can do in the playoffs… I’m really optimistic!
As ondas de choque da revelação de Johm Amaechi, primeiro jogador da NBA a admitir a sua homossexualidade, a semana passada, vão fazendo sentir-se, e ontem foi a vez de Tim Hardaway, também ele hoje retirado da melhor liga do Mundo, revelar a sua homofobia.
"Detesto os gays. E não gosto de estar rodeado deles. Sou homófobo. Isso não devia existir no Mundo ou nos Estados Unidos", afirmou à rádio floridense WAXY-AM Hardaway, base já retirado que actuou em Golden State, Miami, Dallas, Denver e Indiana, entre 1990 e 2003, para se pronunciar concretamente sobre Amaechi, antigo poste de Cleveland Cavaliers, Orlando Magic e Utah Jazz, na mesma altura:
"Para mais, se ele estivesse na minha equipa, tinha-me mantido à distância, porque penso que não é normal. E nem acho que ele devesse partilhar o nosso balneário", disse Tim Hardaway, campeão olímpico pelos EUA em 2000.
Stern desautoriza Hardaway...
Também as palavras de Hardaway não ficaram sem resposta, e David Stern, responsável máximo da NBA, disse hoje que o antigo distribuidor de jogo não falará mais em nome da liga:
"Seria totalmente inadequado deixá-lo representar-nos, tendo em conta as nossas diferenças de pontos de vista, disse Stern ao diário da Florida "South Florida Sun-Sentinel" de hoje, a propósito de Hardaway ter programadas intervenções em iniciativas de beneficência da liga.
... e Amaechi fica feliz
Por seu lado, John Amaechi, que trabalha com crianças na Inglaterra natal, ficou "feliz" com a reacção do ex-adversário:
"Até que enfim que alguém é honesto. É ridículo, absurdo, mesquinho, sectário e mostra uma falta de empatia desmesurada e insondável. Mas é sincero. E isso ilustra o problema melhor do que qualquer linguagem frouxa utilizada por outros até aqui", considerou Amaechi.
By European Coach Raul Jimenez I told my Hoops Addict friends that I would analyse Raptors’ game from the point of view of an European coach. And now, when I’ve already watched them I think it’s time to do it and help you to know them a little bit better. Of course, it’s hard to know a team if you can’t watch their practices, their meetings… I mean, there are a lot of things we can’t see, a lot of job “behind the cameras”. But I’ll try my best. Let’s start with their offensive patterns. There are some things really interesting about Raptors’ offense. 1. Situations with their power forward or center placed far from the basket (Garbajosa and Bargnani, both of them with good skills to score, shooting threes or driving against slower defenders) 2. Use of the corners: with Garbajosa or Bargnani there, there’s always a scoring menace.
3.Quick plays for pointguards: T.J. Ford and Calderon are really good, they can score and they can kick the ball for a free teammate 4.Flex offense situations, which give space to their quick posts. 5.Clear out situations: Using their outside menace to make defense choose what they try to stop. 6.What I like most, the use of Garbajosa as a “3”. It’s a very important step for the player and also something useful for the team. At this point, we can take a look at the rest of the videos
HORNS
The main goal with this play is to pass the ball inside, but it’s really interesting the way coach Mitchell places Garbajosa in the corner making it really difficult for the defenders to cover the low post and the corner at the same time, as we saw in the first video. This pattern gives Raptors a lot of possibilities to score.
They run different plays starting with this same pattern:
1.To free the point guard through pick and roll situations. 2.To post up the forward. 3.To play high – low situations for the inside players.
CLEAR OUT
Toronto has some really good one on one players. Bosh is one of the League Stars, but also T.J. and their “4’s” can take advantage of these situations. Raptor’s big men can drive, post up or shoot, and that’s something they use wisely. Even if we don’t have them on the video let’s not forget Parker or Graham whose one on one is good also.
FLEX
There are multiple options when running this play. Forwards cutting to the basket, posts popping to the three point line… Pick and roll situations if they can’t shoot.
PICK AND ROLL
It’s the most common offensive situation in basketball all over the world. Both in Europe and in the NBA there are two key players you must have to score or be fouled every time you use the pick and roll:
A good outside player, who can drive hard to the basket and is also a good passer An inside player who can pop out and shot. Toronto have both of them, so they have a good security net in case their regular offense doesn’t work. They can use the pick and roll “isolated” but also at the end of their regular plays.
In the next days we will focus on Raptors’ defense, which is also very interesting.
As receitas do desporto escolar, provenientes do Orçamento de Estado (OE) e do Totoloto, registaram uma diminuição nos últimos anos, revela o estudo Desporto Escolar -Um Retrato, apresentado ontem. A diminuição das apostas no Totoloto - que contribui com 98% das receitas -, e a descida das verbas do OE, que em 2002 ascenderam a 484 377 euros e em 2005 apenas a 42 500 euros, justificam esse decréscimo.
Luís Capucha, director-geral de Inovação e Desenvolvimento Curricular do Ministério da Educação, reconheceu na apresentação que os equipamentos são uma das lacunas do desporto escolar. Mas o responsável salienta que "temos investido todos os anos na melhoria dos equipamentos escolares".
O director-geral manifestou a sua satisfação pelos resultados obtidos pelo desporto escolar, designadamente "o crescente envolvimento das escolas, dos agentes educativos e não apenas dos especialistas". Mas acrescenta: "Julgamos que podemos ir mais longe."
No capítulo pedagógico, Jorge de Sousa, autor do estudo, juntamente com Jorge Magalhães, destaca a importância do desporto escolar para "o desenvolvimento do desporto português e de Portugal".
Os 110 mil praticantes de desporto escolar, desde o 5.º ano de escolaridade até ao 12.º ano, aprendem "a entreajuda, a disciplina, o trabalho em equipa, o respeito pelo outro", evidencia Jorge de Sousa.
Entre os vários projectos desenvolvidos nas escolas salientam-se a Taça Luís Figo, com várias modalidades, e o MegaSprinter, de atletismo, patrocinado por Francis Obikwelu.
Além de aprenderem a ser atletas muitos alunos também recebem formação no sector da arbitragem. No ano lectivo de 2004/05, 3267 alunos foram árbitros e juízes, 42,3% dos quais na região Norte (1381).
