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In the first part of our Change The Game series, our analysts prescribe ways to fix the controversial block/charge call. Eamonn Brennan » Fraschilla's take
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The life of an assistant coach in college basketball is a perplexing one. They endure the grind -- which can last years and includes everything from doing laundry to administrative work -- in the hopes that one day their dream of becoming a head coach comes true.
It's time to ponder the most fascinating what-if scenarios for the 2011-12 college basketball season.
John Gasaway looks at the toughest coaching jobs in America, and a pattern emerges: With Duke and North Carolina, the ACC is brutal on coaches trying to gain traction and compete for recruits.
When Kansas hired Andrea Hudy as its strength coach, the move was met with skepticism because of her gender. But if you ask the players and coaches now, they'll say Hudy is as big a part of the program's success as anyone.
Friendships and mentoring aren't dead in the coaching profession. Not by a long shot. But thanks to a win-at-all-costs mentality, it's not so easy to be friendly with other coaches anymore. There's just too much at stake.
No youngster should ever have to suffer due to cancer, which is why Dick Vitale's annual gala to support the V Foundation is aiming to raise $1 million for pediatric cancer research.