The National Interscholastic Basketball Conference (NIBC) made a stop at Montverde Academy for a three-day set of games under the banner of The Sunshine Classic.  We took in the first day of the event...

We took in the first day of The Florida Get Down held at the new Grand Avenue Center in Downtown Orlando.  This two-day event featured an excellent lineup of showcase games featuring some of the bette...

We headed to Apopka High School just north of Orlando to take in the twelfth edition of the Earl Graham Metro vs. Florida Challenge the day before Thanksgiving.  This event, honoring the late Earl Gra...

We took in a pair of games in which three of the four teams have legitimate Lakeland aspirations on Tuesday.  First, we headed back to Wildwood for the second day of the HoopsGiving event to check out...

We traveled up to Wildwood to catch some of the first day’s action of annual Wildwood HoopsGiving.  Unfortunately, due to a miscommunication about the schedule, we were only able to take in one game w...

Balance.  The legendary John Wooden stated this is one of the most important factors for basketball success.  With the right mix of interior scoring and outside shooting, teams can make it a long nigh...

Without solid guard play, success on the basketball court is hard to come by.  It becomes much more difficult to advance the ball, score, or contain the other team on the perimeter without it.  With t...

The game becomes much easier if a team has size.  Offensively it can get you easy baskets close to the rim.  On the defensive end, it makes it harder for the other team to score in half-court sets.  W...

The Sunshine Independent Athletic Association held its Crossover event this weekend at DME Academy in Daytona Beach.  Hurricane Nicole screwed up the schedule to the point where we could only catch tw...

Favorite: Miami Christopher Columbus Columbus started three freshmen and a sophomore last year and won the state title over a defending champion with three high-major signees.  On that alone, Colum...