high school basketball

NFL player hosts AAU basketball team training sessions
An NFL player is using his knowledge of what it takes to reach the next level to help a Florida AAU basketball team fulfill its dreams. Nelson Agholor, wide receiver for the New England Patriots, has teamed up with the Learning Academy of Basketba...

Duncanville Girls Basketball Coaching Staff on Paid Leave
According to the Duncanville (TX) Independent School District, an investigation has been opened into girls high school basketball coach LaJeanna Howard. Duncanville ISD said Howard allegedly violated her UIL suspension and written directives from ...

Florida Teenager Shot after High School Basketball Game
One Florida teenager was shot during an altercation after a high school basketball game in Orange County. The shooting happened Friday night after the basketball game at Wekiva High School, a game between Wekiva and Edgewater High. According to po...

Minnesota Basketball Coach Suspended for Allegedly Using Racist Slur during Team Meeting
The head coach of the Eden Prairie boys basketball team in Minnesota has been suspended while the school district investigates a complaint that he used racist language during a team meeting. David Flom was suspended last Thursday while the distric...

NCHSAA To Consider 35-Second Shot Clock
The North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) board of directors is considering phasing in a shot clock for high school basketball during their meeting this week. Under the proposed plan, submitted by the North Carolina Basketball C...

Texas High School Basketball Programs Stripped of UIL Title, Hit With Postseason Ban
A Texas high school athletics department is mired in controversy regarding both of its basketball teams — one being stripped of its 2021-22 UIL state championship and another being banned from 2022-23 postseason play. The Duncanville boys basket...

Jump Stops, Pivots, and V-Cuts
Having coached basketball at every level since 1970, including 21 years in the NBA, I always started with stops, starts, pivots, and v-cuts with every team I worked with. In presenting at coaches and player clinics since retiring from the NBA, I...

Parents, Players Attack Youth Basketball Referee in Georgia
Georgia police are conducting an investigation after a youth basketball referee was attacked by a group of young basketball players over the weekend. The alleged Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) basketball game took place inside a church athletic faci...