August 25th, 2011 / Author: admin
You may spend all spring watching your Longhorn on your http://www.directstartv.com satellite channels (don-t we all?) but there are a few facts any Texas men-s basketball fan should know. Here-s a short list of our favorites ” maybe they-ll even help you win a trivia round somewhere
The Longhorn-s first season on the courts was all the way back in 1906.
Abe Lemmons, arguably Texas- most colorful and revered coach was known to smoke cigars during games Read the rest of this entry »
October 5th, 2011 / Author: admin
Last year, Texas A&M women-s basketball won their first ever National Championship in a titillating 76-70 win over Notre Dame. Coach Gary Blair, after having left Arkansas in 2003 for Texas A&M, has built the women-s program into a nationally recognized power, taking the Aggie women to six straight NCAA tournaments. This past spring was the team-s first 30-win season and first trip to the Final Four. The question remains, can the defending national champions do it again this year, after what was Read the rest of this entry »
October 2nd, 2011 / Author: admin
The Texas A&M women’s basketball team currently stands atop the NCAA women’s basketball mountain. Their incredible victory in last year’s championship game catapulted them into stardom, as this was the first championship in the program’s history.
Now that they are on the top of the mountain, they have targets to size of Texas on their backs. Maintaining their status as a top program in women’s college basketball will be even tougher than obtaining it in the first place was. When you’re Read the rest of this entry »
September 29th, 2011 / Author: admin
Though many people have different opinions as to who the best player in Texas this year is, a majority of them will say that Dirk Nowitzki. The seven foot German is not only a threat from beyond the arc, but now has a championship ring to back it up. Some Texas fans will also say Tim Duncan or Yao Ming, but the truth is, Dirk possesses skills that nor Tim or Yao have.
Before Dirk won the NBA championship last year, he was already dubbed as one of Read the rest of this entry »
June 19th, 2011 / Author: admin
It’s going to difficult for the Texas Longhorns to win it all in basketball.
Winning the Big 12 is one thing and a nice goal to achieve, but the fact of the matter is that programs like Texas are looking for the NCAA Tournament and going deep into the tournament.
That’s a difficult run to make and it will be even harder when a couple of your best players are heading off the NBA. Read the rest of this entry »
May 28th, 2011 / Author: admin
The Spurs were originally a team from the American Basketball Association and are on of the four teams from that league to remain intact after the merger with the National Basketball Association that took place in 1976. They are the only former American Basketball Association team to win an NBA championship, and outside of the Los Angeles Lakers, Boston Celtics and Chicago Bulls, have the most championships of any NBA team with four.
In their 33 years of NBA play the Read the rest of this entry »
May 20th, 2011 / Author: admin
The Houston Rockets were established as the San Diego Rockets in 1967. After four years of low attendance, and bad on court performance, the Rockets packed up and left for greener pastures, so to say, in Houston, Texas. From the moment they touched down in Houston, the Rockets started playing better basketball. The team reached won their first Division Title in 1977, the same year that they reached their first the Eastern Conference Finals. Four seasons later, in 1981, the Rockets reached their first NBA Finals, losing to the Boston Celtics in six games. Read the rest of this entry »