NABC - Time-Out Magazine - Winter 2018

National Association of Basketball Coaches 1111 Main Street, Suite 1000 Kansas City, Missouri 64105 Phone: 816-878-6222 • Fax: 816-878-6223 www.NABC.org ______________________________________________ NABC EXECUTIVE STAFF Jim Haney Executive Director Reggie Minton Deputy Executive Director Carol Haney Senior Director of Internal Affairs Troy Hilton Senior Director of Corporate Relations and Association Affairs Stephanie Whitcher Chief Financial Officer Rick Leddy Senior Director of Communications Rose Tate Director of Membership Ebony Donohue Associate Director of Membership Mark Heatherman Senior Director of Special Events Janelle Guidry Director of Convention Wade Hageman Director of Corporate Relations Jenna Wright Director of Convention Housing Eric Wieberg Director of Digital & Social Media ______________________________________________ 2017-18 NABC BOARD OF DIRECTORS Bill Self, President, University of Kansas Charlie Brock, 1st Vice President, Springfield College Mike Brey, 2nd Vice President, University of Notre Dame Mark Gottfried, 3rd Vice President Jamie Dixon, 4th Vice President, TCU Gary Stewart, Director, Stevenson University Johnny Dawkins, Director, University of Central Florida Lennie Acuff, Director, University of Alabama in Huntsville John Calipari, Director, University of Kentucky John Thompson III, Director Matt Margenthaler, Director, Minnesota State University Tommy Amaker, Director, Harvard University Pat Cunningham, Director, Trinity [TX] University Bill Coen, Director, Northeastern University Ed Cooley, Director, Providence College Frank Martin, Director, University of South Carolina Matt Painter, Director, Purdue University Sean Miller, Director, University of Arizona Jeff Jones, 2016-17 Past President, Old Dominion University Ron Hunter, 2015-16 Past President, Georgia State University Tom Izzo, Director Emeritus, Michigan State University Phil Martelli, Director Emeritus, Saint Joseph’s University Ernie Kent, Director Emeritus, Washington State University Bob Burchard, Director, Columbia College D ave Archer, Director, National High School Basketball Coaches Association T hom McDonald, Director, National Junior College Athletic Association ______________________________________________

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EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS NABC Executive Director: Jim Haney NABC Deputy Executive Director: Reggie Minton CPA: Brian Welch, Welch & Associates, LLC NABC General Counsel: Dennis Coleman, Daniel B. Adams, Ropes & Gray, LLP (Boston, MA) B oard Secretary, NABC Senior Director of Communications: Rick Leddy Dan Gavitt, NCAA Senior Vice President of Basketball Dan Guerrero, Director of Athletics, UCLA Jeff Hathaway, Director of Athletics, Hofstra University and Chair, NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Oversight Committee Kevin Lennon, NCAA Vice President for Division I Governance

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THE OFFICIAL NEWS MAGAZINE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BASKETBALL COACHES

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COLUMNS From the Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Another Exceptional Year of Giving

By NABC Member Coaches Rick Leddy From the Executive Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Q&A: Working to Earn Back Trust Jim Haney National High School Basketball Coaches Association. . . . . . . 18 Active Roles for Varsity High School Basketball Coaches Dave Archer NCAA Eligibility Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Recruiting an International Student National Center for Fathering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Provide Perspective on Life Carey Casey NABC Chaplain’s Corner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 The Three Keys to Potential Pastor Donnell Jones

FEATURES This Special Hall of Fame Class Included Those Who Specialized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star Kelvin Sampson & Staff Provided Relief When Hurricane Harvey Hit Houston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Two Texans Stand Tall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Coach’s Clinic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Seven Rules on Defending the Dribble Drive T.J. Otzelberger, Head Coach, South Dakota State University COVER National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame 2017 Induction Class (Graphic courtesy of Premier Sports Management) PHOTO CREDITS Page 5 (University of Kansas Athletics); Pages 8, 10, 11 (David Riffel); Pages 13-15 (University of Houston Athletics); Page 16 (Southwestern University Athletics); Page 17 (Tarleton State University Athletics); Page 22 (South Dakota State University Athletics).

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FROM THE EDITOR, Rick Leddy

Another Exceptional Year of Giving By NABC Member Coaches Most people in America today had never witnessed a year like 2017 with such an abundance of natural disasters. Three Category 4 hurricanes – Harvey, Irma and Maria had devastating effects on Texas, Louisiana, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico creating a total near $500 billion in damages.

Other parts of the country were not spared, as wildfires have been abundant in southern and northern California, destroying numerous homes and businesses with a very significant number of lives lost.

When Hurricane Harvey battered the southeastern coast of Texas and dumped more than 50 inches of rain on Houston, Kelvin Sampson, head coach at the University of Houston and a past president of the NABC, knew that something had to be done to help the beleaguered residents of the community.

In this issue of Time-Out, Sampson discusses how sending a tweet out to his fellow NABC coaches blossomed into an outpouring of aid not only from coaches, but from athleticrelated entities across America.

Right around the same time Sampson launched the initiative for Houston, the NABC board of directors was holding its annual meeting in Kansas City. Taking note of Sampson’s humanitarian effort, NABC President Bill Self suggested that the NABC investigate the possibility of working with the NCAA to provide an opportunity for college teams to play an

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additional exhibition game for the sole purpose of raising funds for hurricane relief.

The NCAA approved the proposal through a waiver program and Self’s University of Kansas tipped off that exhibition process with a “Showdown for Relief” game with the University of Missouri at the Sprint Center in Kansas City.

The revival of the “border war” contest generated $2.011 million for victims of the natural disasters in the United States, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

This was one of a large number of exhibitions around America held by college basketball programs at all levels to raise funds and donate goods to aid those in need. Thanks to all of the coaches, players, administrators and fans at all levels of basketball and other sports for their generosity during such a difficult time.

The willingness of NABC member coaches to step up and help charitable initiatives has been shown annually in many efforts, most notably in support of Coaches vs. Cancer, Coaches Powering Forward for Autism and Samaritan’s Feet.

From mid-January through early February, NABC coaches will participate in specific campaigns for each of those programs.

Each and every day, NABC member coaches are reaching out in their local communities and in numerous humanitarian efforts across America and beyond our borders.

Thanks to each and every one of you!

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FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, Jim Haney

Working to Earn Back Trust Q&A with Executive Director Jim Haney The season is well underway but the United States Department of Justice and the FBI investigation of men’s college basketball casts a large shadow over the sport. What are your thoughts in general regarding this situation?

One of the very important responsibilities of coaches is to reflect to their players they coach, the people they work for and the fans that support the team, that the decisions they make, the actions they take and the comments they speak are rooted in integrity. This is particularly true in men’s collegiate basketball where the constant faces of the game are coaches. College players turn over every two, three or four years. Oneand-done players are out of the program in nine months from enrollment in college. It is the players that are the face of professional sports. In collegiate sports it is the coach. As a result, our actions are under great scrutiny by the public and media. That is not a curse. It is an accountability that we must honor with good conduct and decision-making.

Unfortunately, with four collegiate assistant coaches named by the Department of Justice in its initial press conference for improprieties, all coaches are now perceived as cheaters. As a result, the value and reputation of the sport and the profession is damaged. We must earn back that trust!

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How does one do that?

You do not earn trust back in a day. However, you do earn trust one decision at a time. Over the past two decades, there have been other issues that have challenged the integrity of the coaches and the game. There was a time when academics and collegiate administrators were claiming that coaches were running recruited student-athletes out of their programs. The NCAA regulations were changed to address this perception. Coaches were claiming that they were not running kids out of their programs. That is not to say that there were not some coaches who were running players out of their program, but that was not true for the vast majority. In time it became known that student-athletes were transferring primarily to have the opportunity to play more minutes or be more impactful in the team’s success. The NCAA regulation to penalize coaches for running players out of their program ended.

Back at the turn of the century, men’s basketball student-athletes were graduating at a rate slightly above 50%. African-American studentathletes we’re graduating below 50%. I am pleased to say in the past 60 days the NCAA released the most recent graduation success rate for men’s basketball. Overall, men’s basketball student-athletes are graduating at an 82% rate. African-American student-athletes are graduating at a 78% rate. These two graduation

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success rates are all- time highs. NCAA and university administrators appropriately initiated increased core course requirements and initialeligibility standards. But it was not until the coaches’ proposal to link summer access to work out their student-athletes and institutions paying for those student-athletes’ summer school attendance was adopted by the NCAA that graduation skyrocketed.

As you may recall, a few years ago men’s college basketball was under attack for the bruising style of play that permeated the game. Media and others publicly attacked the game and blamed coaches for the low scoring and physical style of play. Again, the coaches led the way to make changes to free up movement of offensive players and penalize defensive players for rough and physical play. The basketball rules committee and the NABC championed change. Changes were made and the game has benefitted greatly. Scoring is up, physical play is down and the overall enjoyment of men’s college basketball has been achieved.

to the NCAA Board of Directors in April. The NABC Ad Hoc Committee was formed in November to address the issues as well and provide its insights to the Commission members. The Committee is comprised of 15 coaches. Five representing each of the Autonomy Five Conferences, five from conferences who historically have had multiple teams in the men’s basketball championship and five from conferences who have historically only had their automatic qualifier make the NCAA Championship field. Mike Slive, former commissioner of the SEC, and I act as cochairs of the Committee. The Commission invited the NABC to meet with the Commission in midDecember.

The NCAA has formed a Commission for men’s basketball. How is the NABC itself addressing the issues identified by the Department of Justice inquiry?

The committee worked quickly to address three issues: summer evaluation, NBA draft of one-and-done players and NCAA amateurism regulations. NABC president Bill Self of Kansas, NABC board member, Ad Hoc Committee member and Washington State coach Ernie Kent and I represented the NABC at the Commission meeting. We believe the NABC has a unique position and viewpoint on the issues at hand because our coaches are living in the grassroots basketball space. Furthermore, we believe that the NABC is uniquely positioned to provide insights of potential unintended consequences of various options the Commission is considering.

The Commission is comprised of honorable people who will work diligently over the next six months to address the issues and make recommendations

We will continue to work to assist the Commission as it works to identify recommendations to the NCAA Board of Governors.

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This Special Hall of Fame Class Included Those Who Specialized

By Blair Kerkhoff, The Kansas City Star

The National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame honors all-around superiority in the college game. Sometimes that excellence is amplified with a particular skill.

So it was with some of the members of the 2017 Hall class.

Every player and coach was remembered as among the best that ever played.

But when it came to rebounding, who was better than Paul Silas at Creighton? According to the NCAA record book, no one.

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No player in Division I history over a three-year career grabbed more than Silas’ 1,751 rebounds.

That total ranks sixth among all players. His 21.6-rebound average from 1961-64 is third all-time.

Five players in NCAA history have averaged 20 points and 20 rebounds in a game for a career: Bill Russell, Julius Erving, Artis Gilmore, Kermit Washington and Silas.

After Creighton defeated Wisconsin in the semifinals of the Hall of Fame Classic at Sprint Center with the help of a career-best 15 rebounds from

Ronnie Harrell Jr., Bluejays’ coach Greg McDermott delivered the reality check. “I told Ronnie 23 more and he would have Paul’s career high,” he said.

Wanting it more is how the 6-7 Silas explained a prowess that carried into the NBA, where he was a three-time champion, twotime All-Star and head coach for a dozen seasons.

“When I came to Creighton that’s all I wanted to do,” said Silas. “I also wanted to score more, but I couldn’t shoot very well. But I could rebound.”

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Tim Duncan also was known to grab a board or two at Wake Forest. He ranks 16th on the NCAA career rebounding list with 1,570, and is second among players whose career began after 1973. He also ranks fourth all-time in blocked shots with 481 and second in career doubledoubles with 87 over 128 career games.

Duncan went on to become one of the NBA’s all-time greats, a five-time champion with the San Antonio Spurs and is considered by many to be the game’s greatest power forward. But this occasion was to remember his years as a Demon Deacon.

“It’s been a great couple of days, just to look back and think about

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what I did in college and how I worked my way up and the career that I had,” Duncan said.

Duncan recalled how then Wake Forest coach Dave Odom took a chance on the under-the-radar prospect from the Virgin Islands who didn’t touch a basketball until he was 14 years old.

Duncan seemed destined to follow his sister into a swimming career but he found basketball and Odom found him.

“We don’t make it this far without the people around us,” Duncan said. “Wake Forest gave me the opportunity. Coach Odom gave me the opportunity, probably to a kid that didn’t deserve it. But I made the most of it.”

Duncan was held scoreless in his first college game, against Division II Alaska-Anchorage.

But he soon blossomed, and was considered by some one of the top prospects in the NBA Draft after his sophomore and junior years.

But Duncan, who averaged 18.9 points and 14 rebounds in his college career, played his senior year at Wake Forest, playing in the NCAA Tournament each year. He graduated and became the top pick in the 1997 NBA Draft.

John Stockton was the first player from Gonzaga to become a first-round draft pick, in 1984, and his specialty was dropping dimes.

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The NBA’s career assist leader provided a preview during his four seasons in Spokane, Wash., where he was named the West Coast Conference player of the year in 1984. That season he led the Bulldogs with 20.9 points, 7.2 assists and 3.9 steals and a 17-11 record, the Zags’ best in 17 years.

he averaged 23.5 points and 7.7 rebounds in helping Indiana to a 32-0 record, college basketball’s last undefeated team.

Stockton was an undersized point guard who picked Gonzaga over Idaho and Montana.

Jason “Jay” Williams fondly recalled the end of his basketball career, not his second national player of the year honor or how he helped Duke win the national championship in 2001. What meant most to Williams is how coach Mike Krzyzewski and his family helped put together a plan for him to graduate in three years.

“Somebody has to give you a chance somewhere along the line,” Stockton said. “Obviously I didn’t look the part, but somebody found something they appreciated in me.”

Stockton went on to a 19-year NBA career with the Utah Jazz, a spot on the 1992 Olympic Dream Team and entrance into the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame in 2009.

Olympics success is also included in Scott May’s legacy.

He was a part of the 1976 gold medal-winning team that capped an incredible amateur career. In three varsity seasons at Indiana, May led the Hoosiers to three Big Ten titles and played for a team that didn’t lose a regular season game over his final two seasons.

In 1976, May swept the national player of the year awards when

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He also became a member of a small, select group of fathers and sons who won NCAA titles, when North Carolina captured the 2005 championship with his son, Sean, leading the way.

“The title was a great thing and to win individual honors, but they pale in comparison to how my family and Coach Krzyzewski orchestrated a plan for me to graduate in three years and lay a foundation that no one could ever take away from me,” Williams said.

That foundation became essential when Williams’ playing days ended before his second NBA season when he was involved in a motorcycle crash and severed the main nerve in his leg and fractured his pelvis among other injuries. He found a new career at ESPN as a game

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and studio analyst and has been part of the “GameDay” program since 2015.

Bo Ryan felt like a kid. “This is why I came,” he said. “To get autographs.”

Another stellar guard who played in North Carolina, Cleo Hill was a scoring machine. Hill averaged 25.4 points in his Winston-Salem State career for Hall of Fame Coach Clarence “Big House” Gaines.

No inductee had a bigger support group than Ryan, who took Wisconsin to the NCAA Tournament in all 14 seasons in Madison, including the 2014 and 2015 Final Fours. Before then, Ryan won four Division III national championships at Wisconsin-Platteville and had two winning seasons at Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Hill was an NAIA All-American and became the fifth player from a historically black college to be selected in the first round of the NBA Draft.

Hall of Famer Billy Packer, who played at Wake Forest when Hill was with the Rams, played in unauthorized scrimmages between the teams and said Hill was among the best he’d seen.

“There’s no doubt Cleo could have played in the ACC and he would have been a superstar,” Packer told the Winston-Salem Journal.

Scoring sensation, Purdue’s Rick Mount, led the Boilermakers to the 1969 national championship game where they fell to UCLA. In three seasons, Mount averaged 32.3 points, the seventh highest average in college basketball history. He scored in double figures in all 72 games of his career.

“I liked coming up that way because we had to do lesson plans for our classes,” Ryan said. “We’d do practice plans.

We’re teachers.”

The induction of a coach also provides an opportunity to understand what it takes to become successful.

“You think about the players, the former assistants, the strength coaches, program assistants, trainers, it just goes on and on,” Ryan said. “I can’t thank them enough.”

But Ryan tried. He said he sent a thank-you card to every player and every coach from his career.

As he mingled with the other inductees over the weekend,

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2017-18 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Bill Self President University of Kansas

Charlie Brock First Vice President Springfield College

Mike Brey Second Vice President University of Notre Dame

Mark Gottfried Third Vice President

Jamie Dixon Fourth Vice President TCU

Gary Stewart Stevenson University

Johnny Dawkins University of Central Florida

Lennie Acuff University of Alabama in Huntsville

John Calipari University of Kentucky

John Thompson III

Matt Margenthaler Minnesota State University, Mankato

Tommy Amaker Harvard University

Pat Cunningham Trinity (TX) University

Bill Coen Northeastern University

Ed Cooley Providence College

Frank Martin University of South Carolina

Matt Painter Purdue University

Sean Miller University of Arizona

Gary Waters

Jeff Jones Old Dominion University

Ron Hunter Georgia State University

Tom Izzo Michigan State University

Phil Martelli Saint Joseph’s University

Ernie Kent Washington State University

Bob Burchard Columbia College

Dave Archer NHSBCA

Thom McDonald NJCAA

KELVIN SAMPSON & STAFF PROVIDED RELIEF WHEN HURRICANE HARVEY HIT HOUSTON

When University of Houston men’s basketball coach Kelvin Sampson and his staff met with his team early on Friday morning, August 25, 2017, he had an important message to deliver that had nothing to do with basketball.

Hurricane Harvey was brewing in the Gulf of Mexico and the Category 4 storm was about to hit south central Texas with 130-mph winds, a huge storm surge and torrential rain. Sampson knew that the powerful storm was tracking directly to Houston.

“We had developed a plan on campus for our players to keep safe with most living in a residence hall or nearby apartments,” said Sampson. “Our focus was to be sure our players and staff would be safe during the storm.”

Fearing the possibility of losing electricity, Sampson’s advice included keeping plenty of gas in your car when driving and having some cash on hand. In a society

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so reliant on credit/debit cards, they would be useless without power.

Sunday night into Monday morning, Harvey began its assault on Houston.

“You don’t sleep much when the wind and rain is beating on the windows and the rain was sideways by early morning,” Sampson said. “We normally have a lot of flooding as Houston is surrounded by water with its bayous and lakes, but this was going to a much higher level.”

The National Weather Service calculated that parts of Houston received more than 50 inches of rain during the storm, making Harvey the wettest Atlantic hurricane ever measured.

Inspired by an Image “I was watching the local television stations and you feel so helpless watching the videos of all of the homes being destroyed and people being evacuated,” Sampson said. “Then I began to

get calls and texts from coaching buddies across the country all asking how I was. Everyone was asking what they could do to help.”

“About the same time, I saw a clip on TV that captured my heart.

Monday was supposed to be the first day of school in Houston and there was a mother wading through water at an apartment complex holding a child on each hip. People were using canoes, boats, floats -- anything to escape the high water.”

Delivering the Message Working with his son, Kellen, a Houston assistant coach, Sampson knew that the quickest way to spread his message for help was through Twitter.

“We were writing on an envelope.

I started with what if we ask coaches to send 10 t-shirts and five pairs of shoes. Kellen bumped that to 20 t-shirts and 10 pairs of shoes,” Sampson said. “My daughter, Lauren, also a Cougars’ basketball staff member, handles the Twitter account and she sent

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it out. I called my friends in the media - Jay Bilas, Jeff Goodman and Jon Rothstein - to assist in spreading the word.”

The Twitter request @CoachSampsonUH was sent at 2:10 p.m. CDT on Monday, August 28. From that time through 9 a.m. on September 29, more than 2.7 million people saw the tweet.

“I know that coaches have big hearts and I sent it everywhere – to my alma mater, UNC Pembroke, to Montana Tech and wanted to

include men and women at every level from junior high on up.”

Sampson had no idea of what an impact would come from that tweet.

Keeping an Eye on Team and Staff In the meantime, Sampson was also monitoring the well being of his team and staff.

“We had five staff members and each had 2-3 players to call every hour and we had to hear their voice. We were getting calls from parents and needed to keep them

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informed,” said Sampson. “Our trainer had to be evacuated and one assistant coach was flooded out. The storm was as bad as you could think times 10.”

receiving hundreds of boxes a day and everything had to be sorted by item and size to be distributed.

We received some 300,000 t-shirts and 45-50,000 pairs of shoes,”

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Sampson said. “I was so proud of our players, too, who pitched in to help.”

Close to 1,500 commitments were made via Twitter, including donations from all but one of the United States as well as Washington, D.C., and Canada. The groups included sports and other programs from college/universities, high schools, junior and community colleges, conferences, basketball publications, basketball media members, AAU basketball and other sports programs, individuals, schools districts, elementary/ middle schools, professional sports teams and organizations, businesses and individuals.

“We had not even figured out how to distribute what would be sent,” Sampson said. “Mail and flights were shut down for a long time and when things began getting here, we put coaching aside and our staff and coaches in all sports in the Houston athletic department, led by our AD, Hunter Yurachek, worked tirelessly to get things out into the community.”

Some coaches sent 500 t-shirts and 50 pairs of shoes. Nike, Under Armour and adidas sent shoes.

IT companies sent hundreds of phone chargers while a former team manager sent 500 boxes of diapers. The local New York Life office closed the offices for two days and the entire staff volunteered.

“Lauren and Director of Basketball Operations Meshu Negga were

Among the most satisfying moments for the veteran Houston head coach was seeing people in the city wearing a Central Pennsylvania lacrosse shirt or a University of Georgia crosscountry shirt.

“Seeing that put a smile on my face because it was something that helped people after so much was lost,” said Sampson.

It didn’t take long for the television cameras to depart Houston to cover Hurricane Irma in Florida in the string of natural disasters that hit America in 2017.

It also didn’t take long for Sampson to reach out to help another coach.

“I called Johnny Dawkins at Central Florida to see if we could help. We still had stuff here that we could send,” Sampson said. “The only thing that matters is to help people who really need it.”

“At a time when so many people are struggling, it is comforting to see the love and feel the support that mankind so often displays in times of crisis.”

-Coach Kelvin Sampson

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Two Texans Stand Tall 2018 NABC Guardians of the Game Awards

2018 NABC Guardians of the Game Award for Advocacy Bill Raleigh Director of Athletics Schreiner University Merriam-Webster defines advocacy as the act or process of supporting a cause or proposal.

Bill Raleigh, the former head basketball coach at Southwestern University, who was recently named the director of athletics at Schreiner University, fits that definition almost perfectly for college basketball, the coaching profession and the NABC.

the NABC Division III All-America Committee and has played an integral role with the Division III All-Star Game Committee since its inception.

“For the all-star games, Bill took on the toughest role of administering the travel arrangements to get 20 players from all over the country to come together at the Division III championship,” said Brock. “Even though he is no longer coaching, he has continued to keep his hand in as an administrator and maintains his passion for the game.”

“Bill Raleigh’s involvement in NCAA Division III and the NABC has been selfless and he epitomizes what this award stands for,” said Charlie Brock, head coach at Springfield College and first vice-president of the NABC.

Raleigh, a graduate of Muhlenberg College and the Seton Hall University of School of Law, has spent his entire coaching career at NCAA Division III schools. He served as an assistant coach at Washington & Lee University and Randolph-Macon College before taking his first head coaching position at the University of Dallas in 1996.

A current member of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Rules Committee, Raleigh has also served as a congressman for the NABC in Division III, a member of

“Bill’s coaching and life philosophy are in tune with the Division III philosophy. He is a true competitor but life issues are most important to him,” said Pat Cunningham,

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a member of the NABC board of directors and head coach at Trinity University.

He remained in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference when he accepted the head coaching position at Southwestern University in 1999. A two-time SCAC Coach of the Year in 15 seasons with the Pirates, his teams had a grade-point average of 3.0 or higher for 14 consecutive semesters. All but one of the four-year letter winners in men’s basketball graduated while Raleigh was head coach.

Raleigh retired from coaching in 2014 and continued his role at Southwestern as assistant director of athletics and chair of the Exercise and Sports Studies and Fitness and Recreational Activities programs. He was named director of athletics at Schreiner in August, 2017.

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Awards to be presented on Sunday, April 1 at NABC Guardians of the Game Awards Show in San Antonio

2018 NABC Guardians of the Game Award for Leadership Lonn Reisman Director of Athletics Head Basketball Coach Tarleton State University The best way to describe Lonn Reisman, director of athletics and head basketball coach at Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas, is that he’s a “mover and shaker”.

He does what it takes to get the job done and done right.

Reisman, now in his 30th season at Tarleton State, arrived in 1988 to take over a men’s basketball program that had no scholarships, had a 3-25 record the year before and only one winning season in 26 years. In the next six seasons, the Texans won three conference championships and made three NAIA national tournament appearances before moving on to NCAA Division II in 1994.

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led Tarleton to 21 winning seasons, and 19 Lone Star Conference championship games. The Texans have had national success reaching four Elite Eights and the Division II Final Four twice while also earning 15 All-America selections with a stellar overall record of 635-250.

Beyond the basketball court, Reisman is in his 24th year as director of athletics and has guided the Texans and TexAnns in most sports programs to prominence in NCAA Division II. “Lonn has always been a strong advocate for basketball and has built one of the preeminent Division II programs in America that has stood the test of time,” said NABC Past President Larry Gipson, former coach at Northeastern State. “In addition to being an outstanding basketball coach, he has elevated other sports at Tarleton as the athletic director.”

He has been a force in fundraising and facility improvements at Tarleton, leading a $26 million renovation for Memorial Stadium.

Recently, Texans’ Hall of Famer Mike A. Myers made a $2.4 million donation to the stadium renovation project in order to name the new facility the ‘Lonn Reisman Athletic Center’.

“It’s impossible to overstate Lonn Reisman’s impact on the university, the Lone Star Conference, the Stephenville community and DII basketball,” said Rick Cooper, former coach at West Texas A&M and now the director of athletics at Wayland Baptist.

One more thing to know about Reisman. Before arriving at Tarleton, he coached at Southeastern Oklahoma and is credited with discovering NBA rebounding legend Dennis Rodman, inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2011.

Reisman has served nationally as a member of the NCAA Basketball Rules Committee and the NCAA Championships Committee.

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Active Roles for Varsity High School Basketball Coaches Lead – Connect – Communicate

by Dave Archer, Senior Director of Operations, NHSBCA Amateur basketball in the United States continues to face significant challenges. Whether it is the estimated $15 billion dollars being spent on youth sports annually or the national concern over four college basketball coaches being charged with fraud and corruption.

The Board of Directors of the National High School Basketball Coaches Association has spent considerable time and effort formulating positions addressing some of the areas of concern. The NHSBCA believes that a high school varsity basketball coach is a central leader in regard to basketball in their community.

This means the varsity high school coach should be a major connector and communicator in the world of basketball in their area.

First, high school coaches should connect and communicate with parents, players, and other people interested in basketball in a community, to educate them about the amateur basketball landscape in their region and beyond. They should provide helpful information in a variety of formats. It is recommended that they organize a meeting or workshop for players and parents to discuss information, provide guidance as well answer questions and address concerns.

Second, high school coaches should connect and communicate with non-scholastic basketball coaches, skill trainers and other parties in their area to work collaboratively for the good of the players and the sport. Meetings of scholastic and non-scholastic coaches could bring about clarity and understanding of goals and activities of organizations and individuals.

Hopefully this would lead to collaborating on plans and actions for the good of the players.

Third, high school coaches should connect and communicate to work collaboratively with college basketball coaches in the recruiting process.

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High School coaches should be a major point of contact for college coaches and potential recruits and their parents/guardians. They could serve as a source of information and decision making processes.

They also would aid with making sure that all proper recruiting guidelines and expectations are followed.

Why Scholastic Coaches?

Scholastic basketball coaches for the most part have the most certifications, licensing, training and have met the most character and background checks/ requirements to work with youth in sports.

They are the best suited in that, as a school employee, they are at the center of communities: athletically, academically, geographically, culturally, and economically. The school setting provides a wide variety of opportunities for coaches to help a student grow socially, academically and athletically.

Scholastic coaches have to monitor their player’s grades, attendance, behavior, and eligibility. Scholastic coaches often serve as a “Human Resource Director” for their athletes - understanding their challenges and being able to direct them to the proper people for help and answers, many within the school.

It is assumed that all coaches, scholastic and nonscholastic, are teaching teamwork, resiliency, accountability, good citizenship and civic responsibility.

Scholastic coaches are in a position to play a more comprehensive role in the overall development of the student athlete. Scholastic coaches understand that the athletic experience is an extension of the educational day and that a goal is to help players become their best selves.

The NHSBCA is in the process of developing talking points, information sheets, and agendas for use by high school coaches in these active roles.

About the NHSBCA The National High School Basketball Coaches Association is an organization uniting the 30-plus states that have State Basketball Coaches Associations to work for the betterment of the game. The NHSBCA also serves as the High School Congress within the NABC. The NHSBCA is the national voice for high school basketball coaches, working to foster high standards of professionalism and to support coaches.

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Recruiting an international student can bring a world of opportunities to your team.

Help yourself—and your recruit—by understanding the international initialeligibility process.

Coaches, are you interested in recruiting an international student-athlete? If so, understanding these three simple steps the student needs to take to start the initial eligibility process can help prevent delays and ease the process for both you and the potential student-athlete.

Register with the Eligibility Center For students in year nine and year 10, the first step is to encourage the college-bound studentathlete to register with the Eligibility Center.

Creating an account takes about 30 minutes and is completed online at eligibilitycenter.org. Before registering, students will need to have access to three things: 1) a valid email the student will have access to after graduation from high school; 2) their basic education history and 3) their sports participation history. Registering ensures the Eligibility Center can communicate next steps and requirements to the student as their initial eligibility is processed.

Once registration is complete and the $135 international student registration fee is paid, the student is assigned a 10-digit NCAA identification (ID) number. This number stays with the student for the extent of their relationship with the NCAA, and is needed for a Division I or Division II school to activate the student to an Institutional Request List (IRL).

Register and take the SAT For international students planning to enroll in a college or university in the United States in the fall of 2018, there are two opportunities to take the SAT: March 10 and May 5. Information and registration is available at collegereadiness. collegeboard.org/sat/register.

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The Eligibility Center’s information-packed website at NCAA.org/ PlayCollegeSports is designed to help your student-athletes successfully transition to college.

When registering, using the NCAA Eligibility Center code of 9999 ensures the student’s scores are sent directly to the Eligibility Center from the testing agency.

Clearly identify submitted documentation When submitting required documentation, such as transcripts, the student’s NCAA ID number and their first and last name should always be placed on a cover sheet or on the outside of the mailing envelope. This simple yet often overlooked step assists with linking submitted documents to the student’s profile and prevents unnecessary delays.

There are over 17,000 international studentathletes enrolled and competing at NCAA schools. Coaches, please share these three simple steps with your international recruits who share the dream of being an NCAA student-athlete.

By working together, we can help international student-athletes be successful on the court and in the classroom.

Want more information?

• A wide range of resources for international students, including country-specific information: ncaa.org/student-athletes/future/internationalstudent-athletes • Division I and Division II academic requirements quick reference guides: ncaa.org/studentathletes/future/educational-resources • Have additional international questions? Check out our FAQ: fs.ncaa.org/Docs/eligibility_ center/Student_Resources/International_ Student_FAQ.pdf

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Provide Perspective on Life

by Carey Casey, CEO, National Center for Fathering

rang out as each name was announced. It made me wonder: What will be remembered about each of us someday when the bell tolls for us?

This past fall, I had the privilege of returning to Chapel Hill for a football game and reunion event for the 1977 North Carolina football team. We celebrated the 40th anniversary of our ACC Conference championship. That’s right—40 years! It’s still hard for me to grasp.

Even back then, we knew we were playing football at a school known for basketball, so we felt like underdogs. We were a diverse collection of men who came together and accomplished something pretty good. We knew that championship was made possible by work put in during twoa-day practices and film sessions and long trips together. We worked together toward a common goal and showed enough heart to persevere. It was incredible to see how many players making small contributions came together to help us win.

Although I hadn’t seen some of those guys in 40 years—and there are some with whom I still share a close friendship—we quickly felt that camaraderie again. It was a rich and rewarding time for all of us. The memories were that much better because we all shared them together.

Of course, some of our teammates have passed on. We recognized them as well, and the bell tower

I think back to my goals and dreams in my early twenties, and what I thought that I would be known for in life, and it’s just incredible. My life is totally different from what I thought it would be. I was anticipating a long and successful career in the NFL, where one day my name would be mentioned among the greatest ever. But then a knee injury ended my playing days, and that led me down a path that is much different, but is also better in many ways. I have never suited up in a professional locker room, but I have had the privilege of standing in front of many teams to encourage and speak truth to the players—and I’ve been doing so for longer than most pro careers last.

And every couple of years I get to attend Hall of Fame ceremonies in Canton, Ohio, at the invitation of great players and coaches I am blessed to call friends, like Tony Dungy, Reggie White, Lawrence Taylor and Tim Brown. It’s not what I ever expected, but it may be more rewarding and meaningful.

So, looking back at my own journey alongside my former teammates, we all have a different perspective on life today. Although football brought us together and was significant for us, many of our conversations turned to higher, more lasting priorities— like our opportunities to give back through charity work, our character, and the importance

of our roles as husbands, fathers, and grandfathers. When we can invest in coming generations, that’s were I believe we will truly make a difference in the world. I see that consistently in my work with fathers and in the special relationships I have with my grandchildren. I so appreciate the work my friends at grandsmatter.org are doing to help honor and empower grandparents in the vital role they play.

Has your life’s journey taken some unexpected turns? What experiences have taught you about what’s most important in life? You may not be a grandparent or be forty years out of college, like me. But you still have many life experiences and a valuable perspective to go with it, and I hope you’ll use the wisdom you’ve gained to encourage and challenge your players. Help them see that some skills and values they learn on the team will translate well to the rest of their lives, and will benefit them for many years to come. Teach them through words and actions that having strong character and being committed spouses and parents are very worthy goals, and will benefit them beyond anything they could hope for as athletes—whether or not they ever win a conference title.

Carey Casey is CEO at the National Center for Fathering (NCF) and author of Championship Fathering. He is married with four children and nine grandchildren. The vision of NCF is to have an actively engaged father or father figure in the life of every child.

See more articles and resources for dad at www.Fathers.com or contact NCF at Dads@Fathers.com.

The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the NABC.

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po-ten-tial - capable of being but not yet in existence; latent.

- The inherent ability or capacity for growth, development, or coming into being.

Donnell Jones Pastor, Grace Covenant Church DC www.GraceCovDC.org

The three keys to potential are power, placement, and production.

POWER

PLACEMENT

PRODUCTION

The phone rang early that morning. My wife called me with unexpected news. It was urgent. A 120-foot oak tree completely uprooted by severe wind and rain fell on our home damaging our roof and demolishing our garage.

You don’t realize how massive and powerful a tree is until everything in its path is destroyed.

The seed is powerful. By design it commonly fulfills its potential by proper placement in the soil. Without soil the seed’s potential will not be realized.

Jesus described God’s word like a seed. In the same way the seed is planted in the soil of the ground so the word of God must be planted in the heart of man.

When the seed is deeply rooted in the heart, it yields significant production.

Everything the word is to be is already in it. Often the ground has obstacles to growth and reproduction. Things in the soil, like weeds and rocks among other things, try to interfere with the growth. So it is with God’s word.

Just as the seed must take root down in the soil so the word of God has to take root down in the heart. If the seed is carried in the hand it does not produce. You cannot simply carry a Bible in hand and expect growth. Nor can a seed stay on the surface of the soil and fulfill its potential.

A superficial contact with God’s word will not fulfill its purpose in your life. The word of God must go deep in our hearts so that its potential in us can be realized.

Things like worry and fear among other things try to interfere with God’s word growing in us. Nonetheless, God’s word overcomes all such things and continues to grow. Courage is in the word of God. Boldness is in the word of God. Wisdom is in the word.

Authority is in the word. Peace is in the word. So when the word is planted deep in the heart, what’s in the seed will be produced in us and expressed through us. Add soil and water and a seed is capable of being a tree. Place God’s powerful word in your heart and he will produce his very character and nature in you. May you realize your true potential by taking God’s word to heart and watch it grow up out of you.

When I think back to that moment what’s amazing to recall is that the tree with all its branches and leaves came from a single seed. A single seed I could hold in the palm of my hand. Talk about potential realized.

A single seed is capable of being a tree but not yet in existence. It has the inherent ability. Everything the tree will be is ALREADY in the seed. The branch is in the seed. The leaf is in the seed. Seed is like the word of God. The capacity to fulfill its potential is in itself.

Pastor Donnell Jones is pastor of Grace Covenant Church in Washington, D.C., Character Coach for the Maryland Terrapins and Chaplain of the NABC.

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Seven Rules on Defending the Dribble Drive

By T.J. Otzelberger Head Coach South Dakota State University Men’s Basketball

Being able to defend the dribble drive in today’s game is critical for every team’s success. Effectively containing the dribble will help eliminate your opponents’ ability to penetrate gaps and reduce the amount of stress put on your defense. In order to teach how to defend the dribble drive I have broken down my defensive philosophy into 7 Rules which I emphasize daily with my team. These rules allow myself and my coaching staff the ability to be very specific as to how we want our defense executed, but yet simple enough to teach efficiently. Notice I have a WHY with each of the rules. This gives a purpose for each rule being used/taught, which allows players to understand and grasp each concept in its entirety. It is important to incorporate and practice each rule in every situation possible (drills, stations, and live play).

1. R ULE: PICK UP THE BALL WHEN YOUR HEELS ARE ON 3PT LINE TEACHING POINT: Maintain constant ball pressure and never let the offense get their hips square

WHY? This shrinks gaps and visually presents to offense that there are no driving angles 4. RULE: ATTACK THE CLOSEOUT TEACHING POINT: Take a big first step, close out with two hands, and keep one hand up to contest WHY? Closing out with two hands enables defenders to keep their balance as they breakdown to their man, be quicker to react to the ball, and creates the ability to take away rhythm 3’s or protect against the dribble drive.

5. RULE: BOUNCE ON TRIPLE THREAT TEACHING POINT: Bounce, or give space, when the ball handler enters triple threat and keep hips in front. It is important to show your hands on the bounce. It is natural to put hands on a dibbler.

WHY? You put yourself in position to guard the drive, or contest the shot 6. RULE: MAINTAIN ACTIVE HANDS

WHY? This minimizes transition opportunities and shrinks gaps early in possessions

TEACHING POINT: Hands need to be above shoulders and kept there throughout each possession

2. RULE: LEVEL OFF THE BALL HANDLER

WHY? This activity level deters direct passes by giving a visual presence and will get defenses more deflections.

TEACHING POINT: Do not get beat to the outside of the defense (baseline or slot drives) WHY? There is less help, the defense is more vulnerable, and this will cause over rotation 3. R ULE: ESTABLISH SHALLOW TRIANGLES TEACHING POINT: When the ball is passed, players sprint to proper positioning/gaps during air time.

The three points of every shallow triangle become your man, the defender in the gap, and the ball handler.

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7. RULE: DO NOT OVER ROTATE TO THE BALL TEACHING POINT: Maintain positioning and stay disciplined WHY? If the defense over rotates, maintaining proper rebounding position becomes extremely difficult and it creates long closeouts.

T.J. Otzelberger is in his second season as the head coach at South Dakota State University. A year ago, he guided the Jackrabbits to a Summit League championship, becoming the first team in the tournament’s history to win three games in three days. SDSU lost to national runner-up Gonzaga in the first round of the NCAA tournament. Otzelberger was the recipient of the 2017 NABC Guardians of the Game Award for Education. At SDSU as well as during stints as an assistant coach at Iowa State and Washington, he has worked with local middle schools in the implementation of the Stay In To Win program, which focuses on student success and dropout prevention.

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The three diagrams included show the defensive positioning for: 1) Initial Position versus 4 Out-1 In 2) Rotation on a slot drive 3) Rotation on a corner drive Initial Position Dribble Drive DEF

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In Diagram 1, the shallow triangle principle can be shown between the 1 man, 3 man, and X3. Each player is considered a point of the shallow triangle.

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It is important to point out in Diagrams 2 and 3 that any direct line puts a defense in an extremely vulnerable position. X5 must come over in both situations to stop the ball and protect the rim. X2 must sprint down and guard or “crack� the 5 man. If the ball gets stopped and thrown back to the perimeter every player sprints in air time to their proper gap/help position.

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