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March 24, 2011 – Allen Moll Every year, the fine folks at McDonald’s select 24 of the very best boys and girls high school players to participate in the annual McDonald’s All American Game. It’s high school basketball’s version of an all star game with the participants almost certainly destined for big things on the [...]

March 24, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors Although Lebron James was named by the NBA as the Eastern Conference player of the week for the past week’s action, we feel that Dwyane Wade was more deserving of the honor. Lebron had great statistics and was certainly a huge piece of the puzzle for the Heat, [...]

March 23, 2011 – Joshua Sexton It seems as though all of the basketball analysts, writers and fans talk about how competitive and crazy the Western Conference is every season. Although the Eastern Conference is more top heavy, few would argue the Western Conference is much more competitive from top to bottom. As of right [...]

The Hoop Doctors' Morganette, Raven, didn't advance so we are now behind Yeni in the Captain Morgan BracketMaster Challenge [...]

March 22, 2011 – Allen Moll With the NBA season now hitting the homestretch with nary a month to go before the post-season, this year’s talented crop of rookies are either hitting the rookie wall or taking their game to a new level. Even though not many of these young ballers will get to taste [...]

Lisa Leslie presented the Gatorade Player of the Year trophy to this year's winner, and The Hoop Doctors spoke to her about that and women's basketball as well... [...]

March 22, 2011 – Joshua Sexton Now that the regular season is heading into its home stretch, fans can really start looking forward to all of the excitement this year’s postseason will bring. Along with all of the exciting playoff games, there will be plenty of postseason awards handed out. One of these awards is [...]

March 21, 2011 – Allen Moll Despite the frenetic, yet very disappointing end to the Texas Longhorns’ very successful season in the 2nd Round at the hands of the Arizona Wildcats, Coach Barnes still has a little something to smile about. You see, prior to the disastrous loss, the coach got some encouraging news that [...]

Every week, The Hoop Doctors' Kevin Burke takes a look at the new-look Knicks. Here's his recap for the week ending March 21... [...]

March 21, 2011 – R.S. De France We see it all the time. Bad seasons often lead to coaching changes. The average tenure for an NBA Head Coach is only 3.2 seasons. Legends like Phil Jackson (in his 12th season with the Lakers) and Jerry Sloan (with Utah for 23 years) and Gregg Popovich (16th [...]