High school athletes who dream of playing college sports will have to bring their ‘A’ games into the classroom if they are going to meet new academic standards the NCAA put into place for the class of 2015.
Good defense is played first with the ‘head, then the heart, then the legs.’ I’ve always relished this thought. As a result, I’d argue that a great defensive player, has just as much basketball intelligence as any great offensive player. In fact, if you really got me fired up, I’d go so far as to say that it takes more of a basketball IQ to be good on defense than offense.
Nearly 70 college coaches from all over attended to watch the players, teams, and coaches battle on the court. There are so many people to thank that helped make Winter Ball 2012 successful.
The young Francis Lewis girls’ basketball team played like veterans when it mattered. The Patriots’ starting lineup doesn’t have a single upper classmen in it, but they beat Bronx’s John F. Kennedy like a senior squad.
Gone were a group of seniors who had a ton of experience as Jasmine Davis, Jazmine Hamlet and Tyese Purvis all graduated from a squad that lost to eventual champion Murry Bergtraum in the semifinals of the PSAL Class AA playoffs last March. What they lack in experience, the Patriots make up for in work ethic and desire to succeed.
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